Affiliation:
1. Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination
Abstract
This report presents a case postmortem diagnosis of the syphilitic aortitis оf a 26-year-old man associated with an aneurysm of ascending aorta complicated with dissection, rupture of the aneurism and cardiac tamponade. Authors conclude about the need to include syphilis into the list of the differential diagnosis of any lymphoplasmocytic aortitis and of any ascending aorta aneurysm.