title: Syphilitic aortitis: diagnosis and treatment. Case report.
abstract: Aortitis is one of the many possibilities of lesion caused by tertiary syphilis. Between all the cardiovascular lesions, the aorta's injury is the most common. We report a case of a 48-year-old patient diagnosed with syphilitic aortitis who had undergone surgery for the replacement of the aortic root and aortic valve. The diagnosis hypothesis was pondered because of the in situ aspect of the arterial damage. Although the rarity of the disease, it persists.
authors.affiliation: Beneficente de Campo Grande Cirurgia Cardíac, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. robertossaraiva@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Roberto Santos
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: Claudio Albernaz
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: César
authors.forename: Marco Antonio Araújo de
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mello
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome