Our senile case with total crescentic massive atheromatous calcification in thoracic aorta

Method Our case was an 89-year-old female. She was under our outpatient follow-up due to hypertension, senile diabetes and hypertriglyceridemia. Her electrocardiogram revealed no pathological finding. She had diabetes for 10 years which was regulated with oral antidiabetics with a fasting serum glucose level of 141 mg/dl. Her total serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels were 192 and 333 mg/dl, respectively. Her renal function tests were consistent with her age. Her hematocrit level was 31.7%.