Tertiary Cardiovascular Syphilis Presenting as Aortic Regurgitation, Aortitis, Thrombus, and Coronary Artery Occlusion, Requiring Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Hiroki Uehara; Masaki Okuyama; Yutaro Oe; Takaki Yoshimura; Takahiro Gunji

doi:10.12659/AJCR.941070

22 September 2023 : Case report Japan

Tertiary Cardiovascular Syphilis Presenting as Aortic Regurgitation, Aortitis, Thrombus, and Coronary Artery Occlusion, Requiring Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Hiroki Uehara

^1ABCDEFG*, Masaki Okuyama^1F, Yutaro Oe^1F, Takaki Yoshimura

^1F, Takahiro Gunji^1F

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941070

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941070

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Figure 3. (A–F) A cardiac computed tomography scan series revealed a plaque-like aortic mural lesion in the ascending aorta near the beginning of the coronary artery (arrow).

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Tertiary Cardiovascular Syphilis Presenting as Aortic Regurgitation, Aortitis, Thrombus, and Coronary Artery Occlusion, Requiring Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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