Aortic dissection in a non-marfanoid child

Panja, M.; Kumar, S.; Panja, S.; Dutta, B.

Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 38(5): 369-371

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772
PMID: 2143757
Document Number: 353035
A nine year old girl presented with chest pain and dyspnoea of sudden onset. She had no marfanoid features, with a normal slit lamp examination and a normal aortic valve on echocardiography. The diagnosis of dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta involving the aortic valve cusps, the right coronary artery and the pericardium was later established with the help of ECG, pericardiocentesis, echocardiography and aortography.

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