syphilitic aortitis
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syph·i·lit·ic a·or·ti·tis
a common manifestation of tertiary syphilis, involving the thoracic aorta, where destruction of elastic tissue in the media results in dilation and aneurysm formation.
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syphilitic aortitis
Infectious disease The most common systemic change of late syphilis, most prominent in the ascending aorta and transverse arch; the vasa vasorum is obliterated, vasa media is necrosed and fibrotic. See Syphilis.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Döhle,
(Doehle), Karl G.P., German histologist and pathologist, 1855-1928.Döhle bodies - found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. Synonym(s): Döhle inclusions; leukocyte inclusions
Döhle inclusions - Synonym(s): Döhle bodies
Döhle-Heller aortitis - a common manifestation of tertiary syphilis, involving the thoracic aorta, where destruction of elastic tissue in the media results in dilation and aneurysm formation. Synonym(s): syphilitic aortitis
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syph·i·lit·ic a·or·ti·tis
(sif'i-litik ā'ōr-tītis)Common manifestation of tertiary syphilis, involving thoracic aorta, where destruction of elastic tissue in media results in dilation and aneurysm formation.
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