[Concomitant syphilitic aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta. Case report].
The aneurismatic aortic disease is one of the most frequent conditions challenging the vascular surgeon. It can be caused by atherosclerosis, vasculitis, trauma, infection or others. The treatment, even when elective, can be associated to high rates of morbid-mortality, related to the etiology, anatomic location and type of treatment. The authors describe the case of a patient with concomitant syphilitic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta, pararenal and aortic bifurcation. The diagnostic presumption was supported by clinical and epidemiology data (the patient was treated for a syphilitic saccular infrarenal aortic aneurysm 5 years before). The etiology was confirmed by the pathological studies of the surgical specimen.
Serviço de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental.
Sérgio
S
Silva
Vitor
V
Bettencourt
Tiago
T
Neves
Alexandre
A
Aranha
Daniela
D
Gonçalves
Orlanda
O
Castelobranco
Duarte
D
Medeiros
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