A monstrous aneurysm of the descending aorta as a sole manifestation of tertiary syphilis treated endovascularly.

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Syphilis is the infectious disease that named "great imitator" because can imitate manifestations of other diseases and can involve any organ in body. Late manifestations of syphilis in cardiovascular system and central nervous system (eNS) are important. A case of huge syphilitic aortic aneurysm who visited in Shahid Rajai Hospital, is being reported. The Patient underwent surgery under genera...

Mycotic aortic aneurysm as a postsurgical complication: report of a case and review of the literature

Mycotic aneurysms are localized and irreversible dilatations of the arteries caused by weakening and damaging the arterial wall by an invasive organism establishing infective arteritis. Mycotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is a rare event; however, it can be fatal if not diagnosed early or not treated appropriately. Clinical findings are usually nonspecific; however, c...

Aortic aneurysm in a patient with syphilis-related spinal pain and paraplegia

The tertiary stage of syphilis is nowadays extremely rare, showing predilection for the cardiovascular and nervous systems. A 57-year-old Caucasian man sought medical assistance due to back pain that evolved to paraplegia of the lower limbs. A thoracic CT scan demonstrated an important aneurysmatic lesion of the descending thoracic aorta causing erosion of the vertebral bodies and VDRL and FTA-...

An unusual case of epigastric and back pain: expanding descending thoracic aneurysm resulting from tertiary syphilis diagnosed with positron emission tomography.

Endovascular repair of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta: report of three cases and review of

 Abstract Traumatic descending thoracic aorta pseudo aneurysms have been treated traditionally with open surgery in the past, which have had noticeable rates of mortality and morbidity. A safer method of treatment for this disease is made possible with recent progress in endovascular treatment techniques. In this article, we present three cases of Traumatic descending thoracic aorta pseudo aneu...