THE SYNDROME OF COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY BY A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM RESULTING IN CHRONIC COR PULMONALE, WITH REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: J R PEARSON, E S NICHOL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 February 1951THE SYNDROME OF COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY BY A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM RESULTING IN CHRONIC COR PULMONALE, WITH REPORT OF A CASEJULIUS R. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P.JULIUS R. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-2-483 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSyphilitic aortic aneurysms appear with sufficient frequency to be easily recognizable. There is a multitude of complications occurring in combination with this entity, however, which present pictures that are less readily diagnosed. Among the most obscure is the syndrome produced by compression of the pulmonary artery by such an aneurysm, with the production of chronic cor pulmonale.The rarity of this symptom complex is evidenced by the relatively few descriptions of it in the literature or in collections of specimens. Since 1811, 88 cases have been reported, as compared to the countless numbers of syphilitic aortic aneurysms that have been...Bibliography1. BrillJones ICRS: The syndrome of compression of the pulmonary artery by a syphilitic aortic aneurysm with or without arterio-arterial communication, Ann. Int. Med. 24: 111-118, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar2. BoydMcGavack LJTH: Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. A review of the literature and report of two new cases, Am. Heart J. 18: 562, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DelpMaxwell MHR: Rupture of an aortic aneurysm into the pulmonary artery, J. A. M. A. 110: 1647-1649, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. 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LEVIN, M.D., WILMER H. RANDEL JR., M.D., FRANK RATNER, M.D. 1 February 1951Volume 34, Issue 2Page: 483-492KeywordsAneurysmsPulmonary arteries Issue Published: 1 February 1951 PDF DownloadLoading ...