Open AccessChronic type B aortic dissection in association with Hemolyticuremic syndrome in a child
Author(s) -
DN Gera,
Pp P. Ghuge,
Sailaxmi Gandhi,
Vanikar Av,
Jd D. Shrimali,
VivekB Kute,
HL Trivedi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.120346
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , aortic dissection , marfan syndrome , dissection (medical) , aneurysm , aorta , pediatrics , aortic aneurysm , surgery
Aortic dissection (AD) is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency usually encountered in the elderly. Here, we report a 9-year-old child who was incidentally detected to have asymptomatic chronic type B dissecting aneurysm of aorta when he presented with relapse of Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) without any genetic abnormalities like Marfan or Ehler-Danlos syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of AD associated with HUS in a child without any known associated genetic or inherited risk factors.