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Myopia in the Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome: An Important Early Sign of a Systemic Condition
Marfan syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder that is a frequent cause of aortic dissection in younger patients. We report a case of a patient with a history of ectopia lentis in his third decade and abdominal striae since adolescence, who presented with Stanford type A dissection at age 4...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35505728 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23651 |
| Sumario: | Marfan syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder that is a frequent cause of aortic dissection in younger patients. We report a case of a patient with a history of ectopia lentis in his third decade and abdominal striae since adolescence, who presented with Stanford type A dissection at age 48. |
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