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III. ANEURYSM: ITS SYMPTOMATOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND OUTCOME

HAROLD N. COLE, M.D.; LIDA J. USILTON, M.A.

Arch Intern Med. 1936;57(5):919-926.

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The use of the term aneurysm in this paper is confined to a sacculated pocket of an artery due to fibrosis and destruction of the elastic tissue of the wall of the vessel from specific inflammation of the vasa vasorum. In some cases there may be associated mediastinitis and perivasculitis. Fusiform dilatation of the aorta, or of another large artery, is not included under the heading of aneurysm, though we agree with Grant¹ that it may sometimes be difficult to make the clinical distinction between fusiform and saccular dilatation. Although the fundamental pathologic processes of fusiform and saccular aneurysms are identical, the clinical manifestations, prognosis and amenability to treatment of the two conditions make it advisable to consider them separately. A paper dealing with the fusiform aneurysm and comparing the end-results of treatment in cases of that condition with those obtained in cases of saccular aneurysm will appear at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND; WASHINGTON, D. C.; With the Cooperation of Joseph Earle Moore, M.D., Baltimore; Paul A. O'Leary, M.D., Rochester, Minn.; John H. Stokes, M.D., Philadelphia; Udo J. Wile, M.D., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Thomas Parran Jr., M.D., and R. A. Vonderlehr, M.D., Washington, D. C.

From the syphilis clinics of the Western Reserve University, the Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, assisted by the United States Public Health Service, with the financial support of an anonymous donor.

Footnotes
The names with an asterisk represent members of the staff of the United States Public Health Service; those without an asterisk represent members of the Cooperative Clinical Group.

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