Aneurismas de aorta abdominal e ilíaca y síndrome de Loeys- Dietz / Abdominal aortic iliac aneurysms and Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Medisan
; 17(4)abr. 2013. ilus
Article
in Es
| LILACS, CUMED
| ID: lil-672110
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RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso clínico de una paciente de 29 años de edad, con antecedentes de ectasia aórtica, quien había sido estudiada a los 18 años mediante cineangiografía y se halló un aneurisma fusiforme de la aorta abdominal infrarrenal y de la arteria ilíaca primitiva izquierda, de causa no precisada, las cuales fueron sustituidas con derivación aortofemoral izquierda. Posteriormente, en el 2012, presentó dolor y aumento del volumen en la región inguinal izquierda, por lo que fue atendida en el Cuerpo de Guardia del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, y evaluada por especialistas del Servicio de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, los cuales determinaron operarle de urgencia, al observar un aneurisma anastomótico de la arteria femoral izquierda, de causa micótica, y las características craneosinostosis, úvula bífida y hendidura del paladar; propias del síndrome de Loeys-Dietz.
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 29 year-old patient, with a history of aortic ectasia who had been studied when she was 18 years through cineangiography is presented and a fusiform aneurysm of the infrarrenal abdominal aorta and of the left primitive iliac artery, of unspecific cause was found, which were substituted with left aortofemoral bypass. Later on, in 2012, she presented pain and increase of the volume in the left inguinal region, reason why she was assisted in the emergency room of "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Provincial Clinical Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, and evaluated by specialists of the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Service, which determined to treat her with an emergency surgery, when observing an anastomotic aneurysm of the left femoral artery of fungal cause, and the characteristics craneosinostosis, bifid uvula and cleft palate; characteristic of Loeys Dietz syndrome.
Key words
Abdominal aorta aneurysm; Anastomotic aneurysm of the femoral artery; Aneurisma anastomótico de la arteria femoral; Aneurisma de la aorta abdominal; Angiology and Vascular Surgery Service; Derivación aortofemoral izquierda; Left aortofemoral bypass; Loeys-Dietz syndrome; Servicio de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular; Síndrome de Loeys-Dietz
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
CUMED
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LILACS
Main subject:
Aorta, Abdominal
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Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
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Aneurysm
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Country of publication:
Cuba