Department of Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center-Affiliated to BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Department of Radiologist, U. N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center-Affiliated to BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 Jul;11(4):NP53-NP56. doi: 10.1177/2150135117701125. Epub 2017 Aug 20.
Aortic aneurysms are a common entity among adults but very rare in the pediatric age-group. Association with autosomal inheritance is well established. We describe the unusual clinical presentation of a large ascending aortic aneurysm in a young child who was ultimately found to have severe diffuse arterial tortuosity.
成人中主动脉瘤很常见,但在儿科年龄组非常罕见。常染色体遗传的相关性已得到充分证实。我们描述了一名年幼儿童中大型升主动脉瘤的不寻常临床表现,最终发现其存在严重弥漫性动脉迂曲。