Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in Marfan’s syndrome
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- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 63 (742), 685-687
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.63.742.685
Abstract
Summary: A rare case of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in Marfan’s syndrome is described. The patient was treated successfully with a straight aortic tube graft. Histology of the aneurysm wall showed changes typical of cystic medial necrosis.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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