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Occlusion of the left coronary trunk secondary to tertiary syphilis

A 27-year-old patient with tertiary syphilis, manifested as myocardial ischemia, presenting unstable angina, secondary to left coronary trunk occlusion. The diagnosis was confirmed by the serological findings and the pathological assessment of the aorta fragment.

Truncus Arteriosus; Syphilis, Cardiovascular


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