Chronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child

Aortic dissection (AD) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency usually encountered in the elderly. Here, we report a 9-year-old child who was incidentally detected to have asymptomatic chronic type B dissecting aneurysm of aorta when he presented with relapse of Hemolytic uremic syndrome...

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Autores principales: Gera, D. N., Ghuge, P. P., Gandhi, S., Vanikar, A. V., Shrimali, J. D., Kute, V. B., Trivedi, H. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24339527
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.120346
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Sumario:Aortic dissection (AD) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency usually encountered in the elderly. Here, we report a 9-year-old child who was incidentally detected to have asymptomatic chronic type B dissecting aneurysm of aorta when he presented with relapse of Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) without any genetic abnormalities like Marfan or Ehler-Danlos syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of AD associated with HUS in a child without any known associated genetic or inherited risk factors.

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