Aneurysm and dissection in a patient with syphilitic aortitis
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In the antibiotic era, aortic aneurysm is a rare complication of syphilis, what makes the diag-nostic assumption even more difficult. Nonetheless, this condition should be suspected inpatients with aortic aneurysm. Reports of aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aorti-tis have been distinctly rare in the literature, and their cause-effect relationship has notbeen definitely established. In this case report, we present a 62-year-old woman with aorticaneurysm and dissection associated with a ...
In the antibiotic era, aortic aneurysm is a rare complication of syphilis, what makes the diag-nostic assumption even more difficult. Nonetheless, this condition should be suspected inpatients with aortic aneurysm. Reports of aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aorti-tis have been distinctly rare in the literature, and their cause-effect relationship has notbeen definitely established. In this case report, we present a 62-year-old woman with aorticaneurysm and dissection associated with an unexpected diagnosis of syphilitic aortitis. ...
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The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases. Vol. 21, no. 3 (May/June 2016), p. 349-352
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