Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal outcome of massive abdominal aortic aneurysms—a case report. (16th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bills, Victoria L.; Smithson, Sarah F.; Tsai‐Goodman, Beverly; Tometski, Andrew; Overton, Timothy G.
• Is Part Of: Prenatal diagnosis. Volume 35:Number 9(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 923
• Page End: 925
• Publication Date: 2015-07-16
• Subjects: Prenatal diagnosis -- Periodicals; Fetus -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 618.32075
• DOI: 10.1002/pd.4628
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0197-3851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="short" id="pd4628-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="pd4628-para-0001"> <bold>What's already known about this topic?</bold> <list id="pd4628-list-0001" list-type="bullet"> <list-item id="pd4628-li-0001"> <p>Vascular aneurysm is an extremely rare fetal abnormality and is usually secondary to genetic defects of vascular development such as Marfan, Loeys–Dietz and Ehler's–Danlos Type IV syndromes.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> <p id="pd4628-para-0002"> <bold>What does this study add?</bold> <list id="pd4628-list-0002" list-type="bullet"> <list-item id="pd4628-li-0002"> <p>This is the first report of massive fetal aortic aneurysms occurring as a sporadic event, documenting the postnatal pathophysiological consequences and the inadequacy of effective postnatal surgical correction.</p> </list-item> </list> © 2015 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>