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

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Nov;6(6):1120-1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001136.
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Keywords: aneurysm; aortic aneurysm, thoracic; aortitis; syphilis, cardiovascular.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Back Pain / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Syphilis / complications*

Supplementary concepts

  • Syphilis, tertiary