1. Computed Tomographic Findings of Syphilitic Aortitis: A Case Report
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Joe Tohda, Shoji Haruta, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Yasunari Sakomura, Fumiko Kimura, Masahiro Endo, Noriko Nishii, Mikihiko Fujimura, Fumikazu Sakai, Kenji Yamazaki, Hiromi Kurosama, and Hideyuki Satoh
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Aorta ,business.industry ,Takayasu arteritis ,Syphilitic aortitis ,medicine.disease ,Aortic wall ,Computed tomographic ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Arteritis ,Tomography ,Radiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Aortitis - Abstract
We describe the computerized tomographic (CT) findings of the aortic wall in a case of acute-phase syphilitic arteritis. The delayed phase of the contrast-enhanced CT shows a double-ring configuration of the thick thoracic aortic wall, which is similar to CT findings previously reported for Takayasu arteritis. We speculate that the resemblance of the CT findings for these two diseases accounts for their similar histopathological features.
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- 2004
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