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Case Reports
. 2003 Dec;11(4):217-20.

Syphilitic aneurysm: case report

Dujomir Marasović  1 , Antoanela Carija, Neira Puizina-Ivić, Marina Titlić, Vladimira Barisić-Drusko
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  • PMID: 14670221
Case Reports

Syphilitic aneurysm: case report

Dujomir Marasović et al. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Tertiary syphilis is a rare, slowly progressive inflammatory disease that becomes clinically visible years after initial infection. Although it can affect any organ in the body, it shows a predilection for the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Today, however, cardiovascular syphilis is a medical curiosity because the disease can successfully be treated with antibiotics in its early phase. We present a case of a 43-year-old male patient with a syphilitic aneurysm of the descendent aorta and our choice of treatment.

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