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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Research Letter

Syphilitic Aortitis with Concomitant Neurosyphilis in Asymptomatic Patient

Evan CzuladaComments to Author , Quinn Seau, Tyler Geshay, Danny Rayes, Trevor Wyand, Ethan Fraser, Ronald Beaulieu, and Justin Beckett
Author affiliation: Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Czulada); Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (E. Czulada, Q. Seau); Georgetown University Hospital, Washington (T. Geshay, D. Rayes, T. Wyand, R. Beaulieu, J. Beckett); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (E. Fraser).

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Electrocardiogram-gated magnetic resonance imaging of the ascending aorta in an 89-year-old patient with syphilitic aortitis and concomitant neurosyphilis, Washington, DC, USA. A, B) A circumferential periaortic T2 hyperintense signal was depicted at the main pulmonary artery (A) and aortic arch (B) on black blood prepared half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo sequence images (white arrows). C, D) Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance images at the main pulmonary artery (C) and aortic arch (D) show wall thickening and enhancement (white arrows) compatible with aortitis.

Figure. Electrocardiogram-gated magnetic resonance imaging of the ascending aorta in an 89-year-old patient with syphilitic aortitis and concomitant neurosyphilis, Washington, DC, USA. A, B) A circumferential periaortic T2 hyperintense signal was depicted at the main pulmonary artery (A) and aortic arch (B) on black blood prepared half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo sequence images (white arrows). C, D) Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance images at the main pulmonary artery (C) and aortic arch (D) show wall thickening and enhancement (white arrows) compatible with aortitis.

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