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General Internal Medicine
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Rheumatology
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Vasculitis
How do you approach management of a young adult after ascending thoracic aneurysm repair with biopsy showing granulomatous inflammation (no other vascular involvement, PET scan normal)?
Rheumatological and infectious work up unrevealing.
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