Barking up the wrong tree? Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose syphilitic aortitis
Open Access
- 1 October 2002
- Vol. 57 (10) , 917-918
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.57.10.917
Abstract
The presentation of syphilitic aortitis is often atypical and available serological tests are non-specific. The diagnostic gold standard remains direct identification of microorganisms in tissue. We present a case of syphilitic aortitis that presented as a mediastinal mass and report the use of polymerase chain reaction for Treponema pallidum to diagnose syphilitic aortic disease.Keywords
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