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Aneurysm and dissection in a patient with syphilitic aortitis

In the antibiotic era, aortic aneurysm is a rare complication of syphilis, what makes the diagnostic assumption even more difficult. Nonetheless, this condition should be suspected in patients with aortic aneurysm. Reports of aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aortitis have been distinctly ra...

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Autores principales: Pivatto Júnior, Fernando, Finkler, Bruno Schaaf, Torres, Felipe Soares, Schaefer, Pedro Guilherme, Sprinz, Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28238625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2017.01.003