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  • Title: Ascending aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aortitis, late after aortic valve replacement.
    Author: Tai YT, Mok CK, Chow WH, Chan FL, So KF.
    Journal: Clin Cardiol; 1990 Mar; 13(3):227-9. PubMed ID: 2323123.
    Abstract:
    A 54-year-old man underwent aortic valve replacement for syphilitic aortic regurgitation. Eight years later, he was admitted with sudden precordial discomfort and symptoms of superior vena caval obstruction. Ascending aortic dissection was diagnosed by echocardiography and computed tomography of the thorax. The patient succumbed rapidly after admission. Postmortem findings and histological features were compatible with syphilitic aortitis, without significant atherosclerosis. This case report adds to the sparse literature on aortic dissection complicating syphilitic aortitis, and illustrates that, at certain stages of the disease process, syphilitic aortitis can lead to such a degree of mechanical instability of the aortic wall as to predispose to dissection.
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