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. 2009 Dec 18;2:9346. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9346

Table 1.

Studies showing involvement of major arteries in WG.

Ref Patient details Affected artery Treatment Outcome
[1] 63 year old male an inflammatory aortic aneurysm and polyneuropathy. Aorta Methyl prednisolone and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Good

[10] 34-year old Japanese man
Pneumonia, paranasal sinusitis and clipping of a cerebral aneurysm
Anterior choroidal artery. Prednisolone + cyclophosphamide Good

[11] 67-year old man
presented with abdominal pain and shock
Superior pancreatico-duodenal artery Open repair of ruptured artery Died from multi-organ failure

[4] 50-year old woman presented with abdominal pain and shock Entire aorta(first intercostal artery to iliac bifurcation) Was on steroids and cyclosphosphamide but could not prevent aortic dissection Died from aortic dissection

[2] 58 year-old woman, pain in the upper limb Subclavian aneurysm Insertion of stent-graft and steroids Good

[8] Previous AAA patient Aorta and subclavian Details not known

[7] 56-year-old Japanese man presented with shock Ruptured left gastric Aneurysm was diagnosed post mortem Died of hemorrhagic shock

[3] A hospitalized developed sudden hypovolemic shock Ruptured hepatic artery aneurysm Aneurysm was diagnosed post mortem Died of hemorrhagic shock

[9] Presented with respiratory and renal problems Renal artery aneurysm Aneurysm was diagnosed post mortem Died

[5] 24 year old with massive perinephric haematoma Bilateral renal artery aneurysm Steroid and angioembolisation Successfully recovered from the episode

[6] 29 year old with know WG presented with abdominal pain and vomiting Renal and hepatic artery aneurysms Steroid & angioembolisation Successfully recovered