title: Aneurysm and dissection in a patient with syphilitic aortitis.
abstract: In the antibiotic era, aortic aneurysm is a rare complication of syphilis, what makes the diagnostic assumption even more difficult. Nonetheless, this condition should be suspected in patients with aortic aneurysm. Reports of aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aortitis have been distinctly rare in the literature, and their cause-effect relationship has not been definitely established. In this case report, we present a 62-year-old woman with aortic aneurysm and dissection associated with an unexpected diagnosis of syphilitic aortitis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Divisão de Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: fpivatto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pivatto Júnior
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Divisão de Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno Schaaf
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Finkler
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Divisão de Radiologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe Soares
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Divisão de Patologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Guilherme
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Divisão de Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Departamento de Medicina Interna, Divisão de Doenças Infeciosas, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sprinz
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Aneurysm; Dissection; Syphilis; Syphilis, Cardiovascular