Mediastinal mass caused by syphilitic aortitis.
A 47 year old man presented with hoarseness and chest pain found to be due to proliferative syphilitic aortitis. The case is unusual as the syphilitic aortitis caused a mediastinal mass without affecting the lumen of the aorta.
Hofmann-Wellenhof
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Department of Medicine, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Domej
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Schmid
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Rossmann-Moore
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Kullnig
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Annelli-Monti
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology