title: Syphilitic aneurysm of the right subclavian artery presenting with hemoptysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boundy
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bignold
mesh_terms: 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*