Giant intercostal aneurysm complicated by Stanford type B acute aortic dissection in patients with type 1 neurofibromatosis

Vascular involvement is rare in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). It is often missed because it is usually asymptomatic. We report a case of a 42 years old male with neurofibromatosis type 1 who presented with left back discomfort. CT angiography revealed a massive 42 mm aneurysm of left 11th intercos...

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Autores principales: Uzuka, Takeshi, Ito, Toshiro, Koyanagi, Tetsuya, Maeda, Toshiyuki, Tabuchi, Masaki, Kawaharada, Nobuyoshi, Higami, Tetsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22531095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22531095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-38

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