Letter to the Editor

Chronic Aortic Dissection as a Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin

Authors: Bernardino Roca, MD, PhD

Abstract

In a recent issue of Southern Medical Journal, Gorospe et al 1 reported a case of a patient with aortic dissection who presented with persistent fever and other systemic symptoms. We describe a patient with a similar clinical presentation whose symptoms subsided after surgical correction of the aortic dissection.

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