Occlusion of the left coronary trunk secondary to tertiary syphilis
Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009 Sep;93(3):312-5.
doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000900017.
[Article in
English,
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Spanish]
Affiliation
- 1 Hospital Santa Casa de Curitiba, Praça Rui Barbosa 245, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. rwang@cardiol.br
Abstract
A 27-year-old patient with tertiary syphilis, manifested as myocardial ischemia, presenting unstable angina, secondary to left coronary trunk occlusion. The diagnosis was confirmed by the serological findings and the pathological assessment of the aorta fragment.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
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Coronary Artery Disease / pathology*
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Humans
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Male
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Syphilis, Cardiovascular / pathology*