Case Report: Occurrence of Severe Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms (Involving the Ascending, Arch, and Descending Segments) as a Result of Fibulin-4 Deficiency: A Rare Pathology With Successful Management

Case Report: Occurrence of Severe Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms (Involving the Ascending, Arch, and Descending Segments) as a Result of Fibulin-4 Deficiency: A Rare Pathology With Successful Management

Aortic diseases requiring surgery in childhood are distinctive and rare. Very few reports in the literature account for the occurrence of multiple thoracic aortic aneurysms in the same pediatric patient because of a genetic cause. We report a rare occurrence of severe thoracic aortic aneurysms (invo...

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Main Authors: Paul Thomas, Aparna Venugopalan, Siddharth Narayanan, Thomas Mathew, Lakshmi Parvathi Deepti Cherukuwada, Shilpa Chandran, Jithu Pradeep, Timothy P. Fitzgibbons, Vijo George
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Subjects:
aneurysm
aortic disease
ascending aorta
cutis laxa
genetic predisposition
autosomal recessive
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/18d668e21b294430afefce92a7cb9ec3
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