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

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.

SUBMITTER: Gera DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3841517 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature