Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in a Young HIV-Infected Man: Case Presentation

We describe the case of a young HIV-positive man who presented to the emergency room in hypovolemic shock. During subsequent evaluation, we documented a huge aortic aneurysm consistent with tertiary syphilis. The final autopsy demonstrated the extent of cardiovascular compromise caused by this aneur...

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Autores principales: Cataño, Juan Carlos, Ramirez, Isabel Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/935271
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spelling pubmed-33362202012-05-07 Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in a Young HIV-Infected Man: Case Presentation Cataño, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Isabel Cristina Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We describe the case of a young HIV-positive man who presented to the emergency room in hypovolemic shock. During subsequent evaluation, we documented a huge aortic aneurysm consistent with tertiary syphilis. The final autopsy demonstrated the extent of cardiovascular compromise caused by this aneurysm. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3336220/ /pubmed/22567481 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/935271 Text en Copyright © 2011 J. C. Cataño and I. C. Ramirez. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in a Young HIV-Infected Man: Case Presentation
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title_short Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in a Young HIV-Infected Man: Case Presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336220/
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