PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. J. Mitchinson
TI  - Aortic disease in idiopathic retroperitoneal and mediastinal fibrosis
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.25.4.287
DP  - 1972 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 287--293
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/25/4/287.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/25/4/287.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1972 Apr 01; 25
AB  - In three patients with idiopathic mediastinal or retroperitoneal fibrosis, postmortem sections of the aorta showed aortitis (in one case) or extrusions of atheromatous debris into the inflamed adventitia (two cases). It is suggested that damage to the aortic wall, followed by adventitial inflammation due to allergy to a component of the atherosclerotic plaque, is one way in which this disease may develop.