Compression of pulmonary artery by syphilitic thoracic aortic aneurysm: imaging.
A case of syphilitic aortitis with multiple thoracic aneurysms, one of which caused compression of the left pulmonary artery with hypoperfusion of the left lung as seen with perfusion scintigraphy, blood pool studies, CT, and magnetic resonance imaging is presented.
Preston
D S
DS
Department of Radiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
Colletti
P M
PM
Raval
J K
JK
Radin
D R
DR
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed