Generalized sarcoidosis with "sarcoid aortitis".

Abstract

A 52-year-old man with a clinical diagnosis of aortitis and heart failure died of brain thrombosis. Autopsy revealed many non-caseous sarcoid granulomas scattered in lymph nodes, lungs, heart, testes, liver, and meninges. An unusual finding of this case was the presence of sarcoid lesions in abdominal aorta and subclavian and common iliac arteries.