Multiple embolic stroke due to aortic arch floating thrombus in latent tertiary syphilis

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Nov 22:2013:bcr2013200910. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200910.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / pathology*
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / etiology*
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
  • Heparin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Stroke / diagnosis
  • Stroke / etiology*
  • Syphilis, Latent / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Thrombosis / etiology*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparin