Left main and three vessels spontaneous coronary artery dissection as an incidental finding in young man with history of Hodgkin's lymphoma-a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare and important cause of myocardial infarction, especially in young women without other coronary artery disease. This arterial dissection can occur within or between any of the 3 layers. Its predisposing factors include connective tissue diseases (Marfone syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Kawasaki disease), atherosclerosis and fibromuscular dysplasia. Clinical presentations of spontaneous coronary artery dissection are wide spectrum from asymptomatic to acute coronary disease, sustained ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.

Case presentation

We describe A 33-year-old man with history of Hodgkin's lymphoma five years earlier that became a c

SUBMITTER: Kavyani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765638 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature