A 17-1/2-year-old girl with a thoracoabdominal aneurysm
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A 17-and-1/2-year-old girl was admitted to a hospital with a abdominal aortic aneurysm. Aortic aneurysms occur when the wall of the aorta becomes weak and begins to expand outward. She had gone deaf four years earlier and doctors in the hospital discovered that she had symptoms of Cogan's syndrome. These included an eye disease called interstitial keratitis, and an aortic aneurysm. Her aneurysm was surgically repaired and biopsies of aortic tissue taken at that time showed evidence of inflammation. Consequently, she was treated with immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1999
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Refreshing Sangria
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Step by step instructions on how a parent and child can come together and prepare a healthy fruit drink called Sangria as an alternative to the high-calorie soda are presented.
Publication Name: Child
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0894-7988
Year: 2007
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