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Spontaneous aortic dissection in a 14-year-old adolescent
Reubendra Jeganathan1, Balaji Badmanaban, Dennis Gladstone
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. reubenj@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We describe a case of a 14-year-old boy with a spontaneous aortic dissection. The diagnosis was suspected and confirmed with an urgent transthoracic echocardiogram and computer tomography (CT). He underwent an immediate surgery with tube graft replacement of the ascending aorta using a biological glue to reinforce the distal false lumen. Although the immediate postoperative course was uneventful, he continued to have a persistent distal false lumen, which was observed to be enlarging in size on close follow-up. Potential causes of this complication are discussed along with the various different etiologies for aortic dissection in this rare age group.
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