Calcification of the Aorta as an Aid to the Diagnosis of Syphilis

Js, McCann; Dc, Porter

doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4971.826

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“…That this patient had cardiovascular syphilis was clinically certain in the presence of positive serology and the finding of calcification of the ascending aorta, as described by Snellen (1939), Jackman andLubert (1945), andMcCann andPorter (1956). The serology results were consistent with the history of syphilis and did not indicate active disease, 50% of patients with late syphilis showing similar findings (King and Nicol, 1969).…”

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Saccular aneurysm caused by bacterial endocarditis in a syphilitic aorta

Robinson

McMillan

Johnson

1973

Thorax

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. (1973). Thorax, 529-532. Saccular aneurysm caused by bacterial endocarditis in a syphilitic aorta. The rapid development of a saccular aneurysm during successfully treated bacterial endocarditis, in an ascending aorta previously affected by syphilis which had been treated with adequate chemotherapy 15 years previously, is described. Although bacterial endocarditis does occasionally complicate syphilitic aortic valve disease, the literature does not contain any report of resulting aneurysm development. The investigation and successful surgical treatment of the case are described.The development of saccular aneurysm of the thoracic aorta following syphilitic infection has long been recognized and Kampmeier (1938) found that 93 % of aneurysms in this site were of luetic origin. More recent surveys by Roberts, Danielson, and Blakemore (1957) and Carlsson and Sternby (1964) showed that the proportion decreased to 50% and 26% respectively. In these and other reports of large clinical and pathological studies concerning cardiovascular syphilis (Colt,

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