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A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) is primarily a disorder of the elderly; the condition, however, is rare in children, for whom the misdiagnosis is not uncommon. It is one of the leading causes of death in the older age group worldwide, with a 4:1 male to female ratio. There are no real data a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17950 |
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author | Hamza, Ali Arif, Anum Manzoor Bhatti, Ahsin Riaz, Bismah Mughal, Usman Jamil Ahmed, Yashfeen Tanveer, Saman |
author_facet | Hamza, Ali Arif, Anum Manzoor Bhatti, Ahsin Riaz, Bismah Mughal, Usman Jamil Ahmed, Yashfeen Tanveer, Saman |
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description | Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) is primarily a disorder of the elderly; the condition, however, is rare in children, for whom the misdiagnosis is not uncommon. It is one of the leading causes of death in the older age group worldwide, with a 4:1 male to female ratio. There are no real data about the incidence of aortic aneurysms in childhood. Although rare, an aortic aneurysm can be an important cause of mortality in children and adolescents. We present a case of an adolescent boy with a left coronary artery aneurysm, left axillary artery aneurysm, and TAAA type-IV caused by the metabolic disease homocysteinemia. He was referred to our facility when the complicated picture of the disease was discovered. |
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spelling | pubmed-85148012021-10-15 A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy Hamza, Ali Arif, Anum Manzoor Bhatti, Ahsin Riaz, Bismah Mughal, Usman Jamil Ahmed, Yashfeen Tanveer, Saman Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) is primarily a disorder of the elderly; the condition, however, is rare in children, for whom the misdiagnosis is not uncommon. It is one of the leading causes of death in the older age group worldwide, with a 4:1 male to female ratio. There are no real data about the incidence of aortic aneurysms in childhood. Although rare, an aortic aneurysm can be an important cause of mortality in children and adolescents. We present a case of an adolescent boy with a left coronary artery aneurysm, left axillary artery aneurysm, and TAAA type-IV caused by the metabolic disease homocysteinemia. He was referred to our facility when the complicated picture of the disease was discovered. Cureus 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8514801/ /pubmed/34660138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17950 Text en Copyright © 2021, Hamza et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Hamza, Ali Arif, Anum Manzoor Bhatti, Ahsin Riaz, Bismah Mughal, Usman Jamil Ahmed, Yashfeen Tanveer, Saman A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title | A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title_full | A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title_short | A Rare Case of Homocysteinemia Presenting With Multiple Aneurysms in an Adolescent Boy |
title_sort | rare case of homocysteinemia presenting with multiple aneurysms in an adolescent boy |
topic | Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17950 |
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