Table 2 Rheumatoid diseases associated with aortitis

Takayasu arteritis

Giant cell arteritis

Long-standing ankylosing spondylitis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Behçet's disease (more frequent in the Mediterranean region)

Seronegative spondyloarthropathies

SLE

Sarcoidosis

Wegener's granulomatosis

Polyarteritis nodosa, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Cogan syndrome—rare