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Döhle-Heller syndrome
Also known as:
Heller-Döhle syndrome
Heller-Döhle messoaortitis
Associated persons:
Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle
Arnold Ludwig Gotthilf Heller
Description:
A common manifestation of tertiary syphilis. Aortitis secondary to syphilis, sometimes complicated by aortic valve insufficiency, coronary stenosis, and aortic aneurysm. Both sexes affected but more prevalent in males; average age at onset was 35 to 55 years (today higher, 60-65 years). In untreated cases of syphilis, present in 75 % of cases. Clinically manifested in only 10 % of affected individuels.
Bibliography:
- G. Döhle:
Ein Fall von eigentümlicher Aortenerkrankung bei einem Syphilitischen.
Kiel, Lipsius und Tischer, 1885.
- A. L. Heller:
Ueber die syphilitische Aortitis und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung von Aneurysmen.
Verhandlungen der deutschen pathologischen Gesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1900, page 346.
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