Abstract
A young male with Marfan syndrome, diagnosed at the age of 10 years, presented with
conspicuous elongation and tortuosity of the internal carotid, middle cerebral, vertebral
and basilar arteries on cranial magnetic resonance and computed tomography angiography.
There is a little mention of cerebral blood vessel examinations in the guidelines
of the American Academy of Pediatrics for Marfan syndrome. Guidelines may be provided
for the evaluation of cerebrovascular system for the patients with Marfan syndrome
who have family history of Marfan syndrome as well as a family history of death from
subarachinoid hemorrhage.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
February 22,
2001
Received in revised form:
February 19,
2001
Received:
July 14,
2000
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© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
