Three Cases of Marfan's Syndrome

ABSTRACT

Marfan's syndrome is a widespread disturbance of mesodermal tissue throughout the body. The main disturbances are characteristic skeletal anomaly, cardiopathy and eye disturbance such as lens dislocation, glaucoma, etc. Marfan originally described it under the name of dolichostenomelie in 1896. Since then, many cases have been reported in the literature. Authors experienced 3 cases of Marfan's syndrome and 2 cases were operated. The result of surgical treatment. other clinical findings, and brief review of literature are reported as following.