Large-sized bilateral axillary artery aneurysms in a patient with marfan syndrome: a case report

Heart Surg Forum. 2010 Aug;13(4):E271-2. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20091199.

Abstract

A 46-year-old man presented with large bilateral aneurysm of the axillary arteries combined with Marfan syndrome. Treatment consisted of axillary aneurysm resection and vessel replacement. Postoperative computed tomographic angiography confirmed good flow in the bilateral axillary artery, and the patient recovered without complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Aneurysm / surgery
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Axillary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marfan Syndrome / complications*
  • Marfan Syndrome / genetics
  • Middle Aged
  • Sinus of Valsalva / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed