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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:1229
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Tuberculous aneurysm of the aortic arch

^a Department of CardioVascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario de GC Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
^b Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de GC Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the recent article of Hatem and colleagues.¹ We report here an additional surgical case of tuberculous aneurysm of the thoracic aorta with some resemblance to their case report.

A 52-year-old man was admitted to the hospital. He was previously healthy and reported a 6-week history of fever, malaise, and weight loss. On admission, results of cardiothoracic examination were normal, and all upper and lower extremity pulses were palpable. The chest radiograph showed a diffuse micronodular pattern in both lung fields. Bronchoscopic . . . [Full Text of this Article]