Bronchiectasis and Marfan's syndrome.
Marfan's syndrome is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by skeletal, cardiovascular and ocular abnormalities. Pulmonary abnormalities occur in approximately 10% of patients the commonest being spontaneous pneumothorax and emphysema. A patient is described who had Marfan's syndrome and bronchiectasis, an association only described on 2 previous occasions in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography