title: A true aneurysm of axillary-subclavian artery with cystic medionecrosis: an unusual manifestation of Marfan syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of a 69-year-old female patient diagnosed with an axillary-subclavian artery(ASA) aneurysm, 7 cm long and 4 cm in diameter. The aneurysm had recently developed during follow-up for aortic sinus dilation associated with Marfan syndrome, which had been diagnosed in 1987. The patient underwent corrective surgery for the ASA aneurysm, and the aneurysm was histologically diagnosed as a true type with cystic medionecrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Okayama Red Cross General Hospital, Japan. oka-rcgh@okayama-med.jrc.or.jp
authors.forename: Sugato
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichihara
authors.forename: Naritoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagaki
authors.forename: Tadayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunitomo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery