TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant syphilitic aortic aneurysm
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Tomey, Matthew I.
AU - Murthy, Venkatesh L.
AU - Beckman, Joshua A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Murthy is supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (T32 HL094301-01A1).
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Thoracic aortic aneurysm formation is a known complication of late syphilis. Large aneurysms may cause symptoms via mass effect. When aneurysms compress the pulmonary artery, pulmonary arterial hypertension and right heart failure may result. We report the case of a 76-year-old man who presented with right heart failure secondary to an 11-cm syphilitic thoracic aortic aneurysm, and discuss the evolving epidemiology, complications, diagnosis and management of syphilitic aortitis.
AB - Thoracic aortic aneurysm formation is a known complication of late syphilis. Large aneurysms may cause symptoms via mass effect. When aneurysms compress the pulmonary artery, pulmonary arterial hypertension and right heart failure may result. We report the case of a 76-year-old man who presented with right heart failure secondary to an 11-cm syphilitic thoracic aortic aneurysm, and discuss the evolving epidemiology, complications, diagnosis and management of syphilitic aortitis.
KW - pulmonary hypertension
KW - right heart failure
KW - syphilis
KW - thoracic aortic aneurysm
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U2 - 10.1177/1358863X11417614
DO - 10.1177/1358863X11417614
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21844068
AN - SCOPUS:80054724918
SN - 1358-863X
VL - 16
SP - 360
EP - 364
JO - Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom)
JF - Vascular Medicine (United Kingdom)
IS - 5
ER -