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Syphilitic aortitis: still a current common cause of aneurysm of the tubular portion of ascending aorta.
Cardiovasc Pathol
June 2020
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Aortic syphilis today is infrequently diagnosed clinically. Described herein are findings in 5 women who had resection of a fusiform aneurysm of the tubular portion of ascending aorta, and examination of the wall of the aneurysm disclosed classic features of aortic syphilis. The 5 patients were among 36 who had ascending aortic operations at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas in 2018 and early 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOperative Recognition of Syphilis of the Aorta.
Am J Cardiol
September 2018
Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, the Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Aortic syphilis has not disappeared. Few patients with aortic syphilis are diagnosed pre-operatively or after histologic examination of the resected aortas. The gross features of the wall of the syphilitic aortic aneurysm, however, are unique allowing diagnosis of this entity on the operating table.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistologic features of alopecias-part I: nonscarring alopecias.
Actas Dermosifiliogr
April 2015
Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
The diagnosis of disorders of the hair and scalp can generally be made on clinical grounds, but clinical signs are not always diagnostic and in some cases more invasive techniques, such as a biopsy, may be necessary. This 2-part article is a detailed review of the histologic features of the main types of alopecia based on the traditional classification of these disorders into 2 major groups: scarring and nonscarring alopecias. Scarring alopecias are disorders in which the hair follicle is replaced by fibrous scar tissue, a process that leads to permanent hair loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA solitary skull lesion of syphilitic osteomyelitis.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc
July 2010
Department of Neurological Surgery, Yongsan Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
We experienced a rare case of solitary syphilitic osteomyelitis of the skull without any other clinical signs or symptoms of syphilis. A 20-year-old man was referred due to intermittent headache and mild tenderness at the right parietal area of the skull with a palpable coin-sized lesion of softened cortical bone. On radiological studies, the lesion was a radiolucent well enhanced mass (17 mm in diameter).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[An autopsy case of aortitis resulting in a tear of the aortic valve due to a rupture of the aneurysm of Valsalva's sinus].
Ryumachi
December 1999
Department of Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai-city.
A 43-year-old man was admitted to a hospital because of acute dyspnea and nocturnal orthopnea. Echocardiogram and chest CT showed the dilation of thoracic aorta from the root to ascending portion. On the third hospital day, he died suddenly.
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