%0 Journal Article
%T Thoracic peri-aortic fibrosis in a patient of psoriasis ¨C Cyclosporine as a putative etiologic agent.
%A Dr Nitin P Ghonge
%A Rajesh Gothi Gothi
%J Journal of Radiology Case Reports
%D 2008
%I EduRad Publishing
%R 10.3941/jrcr.v2i3.2
%X The article describes an unusual occurrence of peri-aortic fibrosis with consequent luminal stenosis in descending thoracic aorta in an adult case of Psoriasis. The report also illustrates the role of Multi-detector CT in the diagnosis of thoracic peri-aortic fibrosis. The patient had received cyclosporine on multiple occasions during acute exacerbation of disease. In absence of any concomitant infective-inflammatory system disorder or atherosclerotic process, the cyclosporine is suggested as a putative etiologic agent for peri-aortic fibrosis.
%K Peri-aortic fibrosis
%K Psoriasis
%K Cyclosporine toxicity.
%U http://www.radiologycases.com/index.php/radiologycases/article/view/2