Report of a rare case of periaortitis at the aortic arch and successful therapeutic strategy with prednisolone

Periaortitis is one of the less common manifestations of the aorta pathology. Periaortitis mostly arises from the outer layers of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries. However, other large arteries may also be involved, but rarely the thoracic aorta. Here we present a successful conservative treatment using prednisolone therapy for periaortitis of the aortic arch which shows various clinical symptoms.