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Features - memory device ''MARFAN'': | Features - memory device ''MARFAN'': | ||
*Mitral valve prolapse. | *Mitral valve prolapse. | ||
* | *Arachnodactyly (long slender fingers & toes) and other skeletal abnormalities (e.g. pectus excavatum, kyphoscoliosis). | ||
*Retinal detachment. | *Retinal detachment. | ||
*Fibrillin-1 defect.<ref name=pmid20351703>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cañadas | first1 = V. | last2 = Vilacosta | first2 = I. | last3 = Bruna | first3 = I. | last4 = Fuster | first4 = V. | title = Marfan syndrome. Part 1: pathophysiology and diagnosis. | journal = Nat Rev Cardiol | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = 256-65 | month = May | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.30 | PMID = 20351703 }}</ref> | *Fibrillin-1 defect.<ref name=pmid20351703>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cañadas | first1 = V. | last2 = Vilacosta | first2 = I. | last3 = Bruna | first3 = I. | last4 = Fuster | first4 = V. | title = Marfan syndrome. Part 1: pathophysiology and diagnosis. | journal = Nat Rev Cardiol | volume = 7 | issue = 5 | pages = 256-65 | month = May | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.30 | PMID = 20351703 }}</ref> | ||
* | *Aortic aneurysm. | ||
* | *Neurologic - ''dural ectasia''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/946315-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/946315-overview]. Accessed on: 6 September 2010.</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|1}} | {{reflist|1}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/946315-overview Marfan syndrome (emedicine.medscape.com)]. | |||
[[Category:Syndromes]] | [[Category:Syndromes]] | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 7 September 2010
Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder and something vascular surgeons see.
Features - memory device MARFAN:
- Mitral valve prolapse.
- Arachnodactyly (long slender fingers & toes) and other skeletal abnormalities (e.g. pectus excavatum, kyphoscoliosis).
- Retinal detachment.
- Fibrillin-1 defect.[1]
- Aortic aneurysm.
- Neurologic - dural ectasia.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Cañadas, V.; Vilacosta, I.; Bruna, I.; Fuster, V. (May 2010). "Marfan syndrome. Part 1: pathophysiology and diagnosis.". Nat Rev Cardiol 7 (5): 256-65. doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2010.30. PMID 20351703.
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/946315-overview. Accessed on: 6 September 2010.