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4. Infection

Several different infections can potentially result in an aneurysm. Advanced syphilis sometimes leads to inflammation of the aorta — syphilitic aortitis — which then causes an aortic aneurysm. Tuberculosis has links to a pulmonary artery aneurysm called Rasmussen’s aneurysm. Brain infections can cause infectious intracranial aneurysms.

What Causes Aneurysms?

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