title: A 17-year-old with neurofibromatosis and spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
abstract: A 17-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis type 1 presented with unstable angina. Cardiac catheterization revealed an aneurysm with thrombus in the left anterior descending coronary artery. She was discharged on medical treatment but returned 2 months later with severe chest pains. Angiography revealed an increase in the size of the aneurysm in the left anterior descending coronary artery, with thrombus and dissection. The patient underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. Follow-up after 1 year revealed no problems.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sifa University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey. ihsansami@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ihsan Sami
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Belkiz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Faik Fevzi
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Besir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.forename: Feyzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abacilar
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ates
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications*