Sindrome de Marfan. Forma precoce e grave em irmãos / Marfan's syndrome: early and severe form in siblings
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 81(1): 85-92, July 2003. ilus
Artículo
en Portugués, Inglés
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| ID: lil-341310
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BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Marfan's syndrome is an inherited disorder of the connective tissue. Cardiologic manifestations, especially aortic dilation, are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the clinical course of the disease in adults and teenagers. In children, the presence of aortic aneurysm and its dissection or rupture is rare, occurring in patients with genetic mutation of the fibrillin gene but not in those who have the familial form of the disease. We describe here 2 patients, from the same family (siblings), diagnosed with gigantic aortic aneurysm early in infancy, one of them successfully undergoing surgery
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Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Aneurisma de la Aorta
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Síndrome de Marfan
Límite:
Niño
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
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Portugués
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Asunto de la revista:
Cardiología
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/BR