Abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with occipital horn syndrome

Occipital horn syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive connective tissue disorder caused by deficient copper transport. Our patient presented with abdominal pain, and a computed tomography scan demonstrated a 15-cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms. After...

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Autores principales: Quiroga, Elina, Heneghan, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31725130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.012
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description Occipital horn syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive connective tissue disorder caused by deficient copper transport. Our patient presented with abdominal pain, and a computed tomography scan demonstrated a 15-cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms. After discussion of surgical management, he wished to proceed with comfort measures only. We report the first known case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with occipital horn syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-68499712019-11-13 Abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with occipital horn syndrome Quiroga, Elina Heneghan, Rachel J Vasc Surg Cases Article Occipital horn syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive connective tissue disorder caused by deficient copper transport. Our patient presented with abdominal pain, and a computed tomography scan demonstrated a 15-cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms. After discussion of surgical management, he wished to proceed with comfort measures only. We report the first known case of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with occipital horn syndrome. Elsevier 2015-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6849971/ /pubmed/31725130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.012 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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