Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on March 22, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(5):696-697; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh604
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a cause of chronic periaortitis
Department of Rheumatology, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK
Correspondence to: C. B. Molloy, Department of Rheumatology, Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE, UK. E-mail: catherine_molloy@hotmail.com
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SIR, We read with great interest the comprehensive review of chronic periaortitis (CP) by Jois and colleagues [1]. We wish to highlight another cause of this condition not mentioned in the review, as illustrated by a recent case.
A 36-yr-old Pakistani man resident in the UK for 13 yr presented with a 2-month history of intermittent pain in his epigastrium, myalgia, drenching night sweats