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Surgical Repair of a Syphilitic Aneurysm of the Distal Arch and Descending Aorta

Department of Cardiac Surgery
¹ Department of Anatomical Pathology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

For reprint information contact: Masayoshi Umesue, MD Tel: 61 3 9496 5453 Fax: 61 3 9459 6220 Email: umesue{at}xa2.so-net.ne.jp, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital, HSB-5, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia.

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.