Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in the Third Millennium.

Authors :: Del Re F
Falcetta GS
Pratali S
Belgio B
Pucci A
Bortolotti U
Source :: Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) [Aorta (Stamford)] 2018 Oct; Vol. 6 (5), pp. 118-119. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 01.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: A 69-year-old man presented with precordial pain and a dilated ascending aorta with the suspicion of an intramural hematoma. At emergency operation, the aorta appeared grossly thickened with diffuse intimal scarring. Retrospectively, the patient tested positive to serologic screening for syphilis with histologic findings also compatible with a syphilitic aortitis.<br />Competing Interests: None.<br /> (Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.)