title: [Rupture of a renal artery aneurysm. Fulminant course, fatal complication of type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in childhood].
abstract: A 12 year old girl with joint laxity, hyperelastic and vulnerable skin and tall stature was labeled as "Marfan syndrome". She died unexpectedly from a ruptured aneurysm of the right renal artery. All these features are typical for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. The diagnostic difficulties and the classification of connective tissue disorders are discussed and further possible complications are reviewed from the literature. The importance of an exact diagnosis is stressed in order to assess the prognosis and start possible therapeutic measures as early as possible.
authors.affiliation: Olga-Hospital, Pädiatrisches Zentrum, Stuttgart.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holder
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Laberke
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Bastanier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D001926:Brain Death / Q000473:pathology; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Ruptur eines Nierenarterienaneurysmas. Fulminant verlaufende, letale Komplikation eines Ehlers-Danlos-Syndroms Typ IV im Kindesalter.