Probable Syphilitic Aortitis Documented by Positron Emission Tomography

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Date

2016

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5221

https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000411

Institutions

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Perú)

Abstract

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used to aid in diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious disease. We describe the case of a patient with early latent syphilis with increased metabolic activity along the aorta detected via PET, suggesting probable aortitis. Three months after treatment, the PET showed apparent resolution of the aortitis.

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