title: [Familial aortic dissection in a young woman. A clinical case and review of the literature].
abstract: A case report of aortic dissecting aneurysm in a 29-years-old woman is described. The father died of rupture of a dissecting aneurysm with acute hemopericardium at the age of 46 years. Histologic examination of the aortic wall revealed a loss of mucopolysaccharide-like material in the media and cystic medial changes. This dramatic familial cluster of aortic dissecting aneurysm suggests a genetically inherited disease although the basic defect remains to be found out.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia e UCIC, Ospedale-ASS 9, Sondrio.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cucchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: La dissecazione dell'aorta di origine familiare in una giovane donna. Caso clinico e revisione della letteratura.