Emergency operation for thoracic aortic aneurysm caused by the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Two patients were treated emergently for impending ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysms caused by type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. One patient had typical physical evidence of type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The other patient had a normal phenotype. Type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome was diagnosed by electrophoresis of the collagen extracted from the skin. The clinician must be aware of the variations in presentation of type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Hamano
K
K
First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
Minami
Y
Y
Fujimura
Y
Y
Tsuboi
H
H
Furukawa
S
S
Oda
T
T
Esato
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male