Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis

Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disease with autosomal dominant transmission. Its classic presentation comprises epilepsy, mental deficiencies, and sebaceous adenomas. Aneurysms of the aorta can be detected in people with tuberous sclerosis ranging from children a few months old to young adults. We...

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Autores principales: Geiger, Martin Andreas, Cantador, Alex Aparecido, Guillaumon, Ana Terezinha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6634939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31320876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.160017
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author Geiger, Martin Andreas
Cantador, Alex Aparecido
Guillaumon, Ana Terezinha
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description Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disease with autosomal dominant transmission. Its classic presentation comprises epilepsy, mental deficiencies, and sebaceous adenomas. Aneurysms of the aorta can be detected in people with tuberous sclerosis ranging from children a few months old to young adults. We report the case of a young patient diagnosed with a saccular thoracic aortic aneurysm and tuberous sclerosis who was successfully treated using an endovascular approach.
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spelling pubmed-66349392019-07-18 Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis Geiger, Martin Andreas Cantador, Alex Aparecido Guillaumon, Ana Terezinha J Vasc Bras Case Report Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disease with autosomal dominant transmission. Its classic presentation comprises epilepsy, mental deficiencies, and sebaceous adenomas. Aneurysms of the aorta can be detected in people with tuberous sclerosis ranging from children a few months old to young adults. We report the case of a young patient diagnosed with a saccular thoracic aortic aneurysm and tuberous sclerosis who was successfully treated using an endovascular approach. Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2019-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6634939/ /pubmed/31320876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.160017 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Guillaumon, Ana Terezinha
Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title_full Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title_fullStr Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title_short Thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
title_sort thoracic aortic aneurysm in a patient with tuberous sclerosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6634939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31320876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.160017
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