Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2017
Autopsy of a 45-year-old man revealed the following: wrinkled shagreen-resembling intima in the ascending aorta; elastic staining is negative. Wall of the left ventricle is up to 1,5 cm in width; no myocardial alterations. Specify the most probable disease of the aorta:
Answer options
- Syphilitic mesaortitis
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- Atherosclerosis of the aorta
- Rheumatic vasculitis
- Aortic failure
Correct answer
Syphilitic mesaortitis
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