title: Leutic aortic aneurysm. Presentation of acute illness.
abstract: Leutic aortitis no longer is a forgotten clinical entity. A patient with an expanding aneurysm of the aortic arch required urgent surgical resection during the acute phase of the disease.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Abel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000601:surgery*