Kimura Naritaka, Inaba Yu, Kameyama Kaori, Shimizu Hideyuki
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Jun 1;26(6):1039-1040. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy003.
Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome is a rare systemic connective tissue disorder characterized by craniosynostosis, skeletal abnormalities, infantile hypotonia, mild-to-moderate intellectual disability and cardiovascular anomalies. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome patient who developed a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm. The aneurysm grew rapidly necessitating emergent thoraco-abdominal aortic replacement. The postoperative course was uneventful, and a careful lifetime follow-up was planned.