Cerebrovascular disease in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (TYPEI) with Mental Retardation -an Unusual Association (Reports on Two Brothers)

Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS) is an inherited connective tissue disease due to impaired collagen metabolism. Joint hypermobility and skin hyper extensibility are the major findings. Six types of EDS are recognized. Type I or Gravis type is characterized by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility, skin splitting autosoml dominancy inheritance, preterm premature rupture of membrane (PPROM) an...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: type VI A – kyphoscoliosis; a case report

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a clinically heterogeneous groupof inherited disorders with ten different types, all involving agenetic defect in collagen and connective-tissue synthesis andstructure that affecting the skin, joints, and blood vessels. EDStype VIA, a very rare kyphoscoliotic type, is autosomal recessiveand clinically characterized by soft extensible skin, laxity ofjoints and kyp...

Cerebrovascular disease in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Vascular Complications of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Young Chinese Adults

Arterial dissection is uncommon in young adults and there are usually underlying causes. This report describes 2 young patients with vascular complications after trivial injury who were diagnosed to have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. One patient died while the other remains in a stable condition. Early clinical recognition of this syndrome is necessary so as to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Presenting as Severe Headache in a Young Adult

A 27-year-old male with a positive family history of abdominal aortic aneurysm presented to his primary care physician and ultimately to the emergency department with the worst headache of his life and hypertension. An aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery was noted on CT and MRI. Upon further imaging and analysis, multiple vascular abnormalities were found, including possible dissectio...

An Iranian family with cutis laxa and classic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogenous group of inherited disorders of connective tissue characterized by fragility of the skin and blood vessels, hyperextensibility of the skin and joint hypermobility. Cutis laxa is characteized clinically by lax, pendulous skin and histologically by loss of elastic tissue in the dermis. There are some reports of coexistence of cutis laxa with ot...