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01.09.2009 | Clinical Image
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology | Ausgabe 9/2009
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A 3-month-old boy presented with respiratory tract infection and was found to have a posterior mediastinal mass on chest radiography. CT of the chest (Fig. 1) showed an aortic dissection in the descending thoracic aorta causing a pseudoaneurysm measuring approximately 4×4 cm. The child had a family history of intracranial aneurysms. MR angiography of the head (Fig. 2) showed elongated, tortuous intracranial vessels. The child also had a bifid uvula. The thoracic pseudoaneurysm was repaired with an end-to-end anastomosis.
Fig. 1
Chest CT image
Fig. 2
MR angiogram of the head
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