[Aortic dissection in aged siblings without Marfan's syndrome].
Aortic dissection rarely occurs in 2 or more family members without Marfan's syndrome. This report describes two aged siblings who underwent emergency operations for aortic dissection. Case 1: A 71-year-old female (sister), who had Stanford type B aortic dissection, underwent replacement of the descending aorta with a Hemashield graft. Case 2: A 72-year-old male (brother of case 1), who had Stanford type A aortic dissection, underwent replacement of the ascending aorta with a UBE graft following the closure of the entry located in the proximal arch. Neither of 2 siblings nor other family members had any features of the Marfan's syndrome. It is proposed that two aortic dissections occurred coincidentally in one family without Marfan's syndrome.
Ihaya
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A
Second Department of Surgery, Fukui Medical University, Fukui, Japan.
Chiba
Y
Y
Kimura
T
T
Sasaki
M
M
Morioka
K
K
Uesaka
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome