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PubMed1997

Paraparesis due to syphilitic aortic dissection.

A patient is presented who developed an acute spinal cord infarct with paraparesis and segmental pain but no sensory or sphincter involvement. Investigations revealed an extensive dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm and positive treponemal serologic findings consistent with tertiary cardiovascular syphilis.

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PubMed1993

[Syphilitic aortic insufficiency. Apropos of a case].

The authors report a case of aortic insufficiency with aneurysm of the ascending aorta of syphilitic origin. The diagnosis was made only histologically in the presence of a syphilitic granuloma. This opportunity is taken to review the various aspects of cardiovascular syphilis.

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PubMed1995

[The involvement of the cardiovascular system in syphilis].

Three lethal cases of visceral (cardiovascular) syphilis are reported. A pathogenetic role of specific vasculitis in organic lesions, of myocarditis in a decline of inotropic cardiac function and endarteritis of renal vessels in development of organic parenchymatous insufficiency are discussed.

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PubMed2006

Surgical repair of a syphilitic aneurysm of the distal arch and descending aorta.

Cardiovascular syphilis, which used to be a well-recognized manifestation of tertiary syphilis, has become a rarity. In this report we describe a 47-year-old man presenting with an aneurysm of the distal arch and proximal descending aorta, a somewhat unusual presentation for a syphilitic aneurysm, and discuss the clinical features of cardiovascular syphilis.

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PubMed1976

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate in syphilis.

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was studied in 520 men and 202 women with syphilis. It was raised in 66-6 per cent. of sero-negative primary cases, 80 per cent. of sero-positive cases, 100 per cent. of secondary cases, 80 per cent. of early latent cases, and 73-9 per cent. of late latent cases. It was also raised in sixteen out of seventeen cases of neurosyphilis and in all eleven cases of cardiovascular syphilis. It was concluded that the ESR had little place in the management of syphilis in general, but could be helpful in the post-treatment follow-up of late syphilis.

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PubMed2004

Penetrating ulcer of ascending thoracic aorta in syphilis.

Penetrating aortic ulcers (PAUs) are rare exotic pathological entities, classically located in the descending thoracic aorta. Their association with syphilis has never been reported. We describe a first case of a patient with cardiovascular syphilis presenting as PAU in the ascending aorta.

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PubMed1997

An unusual aorto-pulmonary communication secondary to syphilitic aortitis.

With the advent of antibiotics syphilis and its complications appear to have been declining as an important cause of cardiovascular disease. We describe a patient with an unusual aorto-pulmonary communication secondary to syphilitic aortitis. The case illustrates the difficulty in defining the anatomy of this rare association preoperatively. The reason for the rarity of this manifestation is discussed and finally doubt is cast upon the assumption that cardiovascular syphilis is of only historical interest.

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PubMed1995

[Aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta in tertiary syphilis].

A 53-year-old female presented with septicaemia caused by left ureteric obstruction due to ureterolithiasis. Further diagnostic work-up for left mediastinal widening revealed an asymptomatic aneurysm of the descending aorta. Serologic tests for syphilis were highly positive (TPHA 1:10240, 19s-IgM-FTA-Abs 1:20, Cardiolipin KBR 1:72 IU/ml). After a three weeks course of Penicillin G, 19s-IgM-FTA-Abs was negative. A successful tube resection of the aneurysm was performed. The diagnosis of luetic aneurysm of the descending aorta was confirmed histologically. Although rare today, tertiary syphilis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of thoracic aneurysm in middle-aged patients lacking classical risk factors for atherosclerosis. The immune pathogenesis of cardiovascular syphilis still remains subject of controversy.

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PubMed1976

Syphilis and its cardiovascular complications in the elderly.

The prevalence of syphilis and its cardiovascular complications were investigated in the living population more than 60 years of age. The prevalence of positive serologic test for syphilis (STS) were 16.9% (124/736) in males and 17.1% (236/1380) in females, which were not statistically different. Aortic regurgitation (AR) was significantly more frequent in those with positive STS (9.68% in males, 5.08% in females) compared with negative STS (0.98% in males, 1.75% in females) in both sexes (p less than 0.01) and it was marked in males. AR with positive STS had a significantly lower minimal blood pressure than AR with negative STS (p less than 0.05). Calcifications in the ascending aorta were noticed in 5 out of 24 syphilitic AR. Myocardial infarctions were almost equally found among those with positive STS (1.67%) and negative STS (1.65%), and 2 out of 6 syphilitic cases were complicated by AR. The measurement of the aortic width was not valuable for the diagnosis of uncomplicated syphilitic aortitis.

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