title: Bilateral popliteal artery aneurysms in a young man with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
abstract: Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a recently described genetic connective tissue disorder. The syndrome is associated with multiple nonvascular phenotypic anomalies but also aggressive arteriopathy, which has so far principally been shown to cause aortic root dilatation with subsequent dissection and rupture. We report the first ever case of a young man diagnosed with Loeys-Dietz syndrome with asymptomatic large bilateral popliteal artery aneurysms. We have successfully resected these aneurysms and revascularized with synthetic graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Matthew Alexander
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vlachakis
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valenti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055947:Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed