Paraplegia as a symptom of failure after endovascular therapy of type B aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome.
This report describes successful treatment of an unusual case of concomitant paraplegia and type 1 endoleak during the early postoperative course of endovascular therapy of type B dissection in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
Marzelle
Jean
J
Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Paris XII, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
Kirsch
Matthias
M
Tzvetkov
Boyan
B
Becquemin
Jean-Pierre
JP
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure