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Syphilitic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta Volume 9, numéro 5, July - August 1999

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Department of Surgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, L.go A. Gemelli, 8 – Rome 00168 Italy.
  • Page(s) : 399-401
  • Année de parution : 1999

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common finding in aged patients [1, 2], with a mortality estimated at 15,000 cases per year in the USA [3]. The most common etiology being atherosclerosis (up to 95% of cases) [4, 5], an infectious origin has also been described [6, 7] and is considered unusual. Syphilis may be responsible for thoracic aortic aneurysms (50% located in the ascending aorta, 30-40% in the aortic arch, 10-15% in the [...]