title: Giant syphilitic aortic aneurysm presenting with pericardial tamponade as an initial sign.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Ahi Evren Heart and Vascular Surgery Training and Research, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeydin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Mustafa Tarık
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ağaç
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirbaş
authors.forename: Devrim
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods