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Takumi Umibe1, Hironobu Nishiori2, Shintaro Koizumi2
1School of Medicine Chiba University Chiba Japan.
Key Clinical Message:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated by tuberous sclerosis is rare, particularly in patients over the age of 10. It is important to screen for abdominal aortic aneurysm in adolescents diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis regularly.
Abstract:
A 15-year-old girl who was diagnosed with tuberculous sclerosis complicated with a saccular aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA), measuring 19 × 18 mm in diameter. The patient underwent open repair of AAA using a 11 mm straight prosthetic graft. It is important to screen for AAA in adolescents diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis regularly.
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