[Multiple aneurysms of unknown etiology in childhood--complications and diagnostic possibilities].
A 6.5-year old boy with already known multiple aneurysms of all major arteries presented with acute abdominal pain. As demonstrated by ultrasound a big aneurysm of the left renal artery thrombosed in the course of three days. As a result, the left kidney developed severe ischaemia. Although computed tomography and scintigraphy were applied, a plan for a definitive therapeutic procedure could be established only by arterial angiography. Both Ehlers-Danlos' syndrome and Kawasaki's syndrome were excluded. There were no facts suggesting an infective aetiology. Four other cases with multiple aneurysms of unknown aetiology in childhood have so far been described in literature.
Institut und Poliklinik für Radiologische Diagnostik der Universität zu Köln.
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Lanfermann
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Benz-Bohm
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Schaper
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Gross-Fengels
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D012077:Renal Artery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
Multiple Aneurysmen unbekannter Atiologie im Kindesalter-Komplikationen und diagnostische Möglichkeiten.