Syphilitic aneurysm of the right subclavian artery presenting with hemoptysis.
A 40-year-old Australian Aboriginal female presented with hemoptysis in association with a right upper zone pulmonary and mediastinal mass. Several syphilitic infections in the patient had been documented during the previous 16 years. Death was due to a large hemoptysis, and autopsy revealed that the mass in the chest was a right subclavian artery aneurysm which had ruptured into the lung parenchyma.
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Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA.
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications*