Turner's syndrome and aortic aneurysm.

نویسندگان

  • R Beskow
  • R Lundgren
چکیده

It is well known that about one-third of the patients with Turner's syndrome have coarctation of the aorta; however, only a relatively small number of patients with Turner's syndrome and coarctation of the aorta have been found to also have an aortic aneurysm Patients with Turner's syndrome and aortic aneurysm but without coarctation of the aorta have been documented even less frequently.'" We would like to report another case of the latter type.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 69 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1976