title: [Dissecting aneurysm of the common iliac artery in Marfan syndrome: rupture following sports activities].
abstract: In a 40-year-old man who collapsed after sporting activity and died shortly after in spite of surgery, autopsy revealed a small ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the left common iliac artery. At the site of rupture, in the aorta and in multiple visceral arteries extensive mucoid degeneration of the media was found. Additional findings (bone deformities, bullous emphysema of the apices of both lungs, and familial affliction) made it possible to establish the diagnosis of an oligosymptomatic form of Marfan syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Kantons Basel-Landschaft.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aschwanden
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wegmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
vernacular_title: Aneurysma dissecans der Arteria iliaca communis bei Marfan-Syndrom: Ruptur nach sportlicher Betätigung.