Myopia in the Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome: An Important Early Sign of a Systemic Condition

Cureus. 2022 Mar 30;14(3):e23651. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23651. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Marfan syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder that is a frequent cause of aortic dissection in younger patients. We report a case of a patient with a history of ectopia lentis in his third decade and abdominal striae since adolescence, who presented with Stanford type A dissection at age 48.

Keywords: aortic dissection; ectopia lentis; fbn1 mutation; marfan syndrome; variant of unknown significance.

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  • Case Reports