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Query: UMLS:C0004153 (
atherosclerosis
)
77,401
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The authors present the case of a 42 year old patient admitted for surgery of massive aortic regurgitation. Investigation of this patient who had no significant cardiovascular risk factors, showed diffuse and accelerated
atherosclerosis
(severe stenosis at the origin of both subclavian arteries at both superficial femoral arteries).
Tertiary syphilis
with neurological involvement and aortitis was confirmed by histological examination (peroperative biopsy of the aortic wall). This case is unusual due to the association of early
atherosclerosis
with tertiary syphilis and raises the question of the causality of syphilis in the generation of these atherosclerotic lesions.
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PMID:[Syphilitic aortitis and "accelerated" atherosclerosis]. 980 79
