Acute dissection of a syphilitic saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and arch in a hypertensive patient - a rare phenomenon.
Hubert DaisleyDennecia GeorgeJohann DaisleyPublished in: Autopsy & case reports (2024)
We report the case of a 77-year-old male who suffered from hypertension and died suddenly. At autopsy, he was found to have hypertensive cardiomegaly and a dissecting syphilitic saccular aneurysm of the ascending aorta and arch with tamponade. Chronic aortic regurgitation, which is often seen in syphilitic aortitis, produces an additive effect to the concentric left ventricular hypertrophy seen in hypertension.
Keyphrases
- aortic dissection
- blood pressure
- coronary artery
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- case report
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- mitral valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction
- drug induced
- pulmonary arterial hypertension