Chronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child

Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Nov;23(6):456-9. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.120346.

Abstract

Aortic dissection (AD) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency usually encountered in the elderly. Here, we report a 9-year-old child who was incidentally detected to have asymptomatic chronic type B dissecting aneurysm of aorta when he presented with relapse of Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) without any genetic abnormalities like Marfan or Ehler-Danlos syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of AD associated with HUS in a child without any known associated genetic or inherited risk factors.

Keywords: Child; dissecting aneurysm of aorta; hemolytic uremic syndrome; hypertension.

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