Fever with dissecting aneurysm of the aorta.
Following acute aortic dissection, it two of the four cases we describe the patients experienced a prolonged febrile syndrome which spontaneously resolved five and 11 weeks later. Because of fever and a murmur of aortic regurgitation, the two other patients with aortic dissection were initially treated for acute bacterial endocarditis. These four cases serve to re-emphasize fever as an important clinical manifestation of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors