A true aneurysm of axillary-subclavian artery with cystic medionecrosis: an unusual manifestation of Marfan syndrome.
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.
Nawa
Sugato
S
Department of Surgery, Okayama Red Cross General Hospital, Japan. oka-rcgh@okayama-med.jrc.or.jp
Ikeda
Eiji
E
Ichihara
Shuji
S
Sugiyama
Naritoshi
N
Takagaki
Kenji
K
Kunitomo
Tadayoshi
T
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