title: Mediastinal mass caused by syphilitic aortitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hofmann-Wellenhof
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Domej
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rossmann-Moore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kullnig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Annelli-Monti
mesh_terms: 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