Cardiovascular complications in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with minimal external findings.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is clinically and genetically a heterogeneous disorder of connective tissue. Eleven different types of EDS have been documented, several of which have major cardiovascular complications as part of their clinical manifestations. The purpose of this report is to call attention to a form of EDS with minimal external features but severe internal vascular complications.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male