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Published on: July 7, 2013
Repair of Tortuous Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm in a 1-Year-Old Girl With PHACE Syndrome
Koji Okamoto1, Yoshie Ochiai1, Kunihiko Joo1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Community Healthcare Organization (JCHO) Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu-city, Japan.
Abstract:
Herein, we describe a 21-month-old girl with PHACE syndrome (posterior fossa hemangiomas, arterial lesions, cardiac anomalies/coarctation of the aorta, and eye anomalies) who presented with a tortuous extensive aortic arch aneurysm. As the maximum short diameter of the distal aortic arch aneurysm expanded rapidly from 21 mm to 25 mm in only 5 months, we performed extensive aortic arch reconstruction with interposition graft replacement through a left thoracotomy under partial cardiopulmonary bypass.
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