AORTO ARTERITIS WITH EXTENSIVE VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN A MALE WITH PRIMARY HYPOGONADISM
Sasidharan P.K., Paul Alappat, Manuprasad, Sreejith R., Praveen M., Geetha P
*Professor & Head, **Junior Resident,***Senior Resident, ****Assistant Professor, *****Associate Professor,******Additional Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode- 673008, Kerala, India.
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We report the case of a male with Aorto arteritis (Takayasu’s) with extensive calcification of aorta and its branches. Extensive calcification of the arteries is unusual in Takayasu’s arteritis. A variety of mechanisms may play a role in this phenomenon of calcification, and we attempt to elucidate some of them.
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