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Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms in two of three monozygotic triplets with tuberous sclerosis complex.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Apr 2013
Kirkwood Melissa L, Chung Jayer, Timaran Carlos H, Valentine R James
Abstract excerpt
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder with multisystem clinical manifestations. Dysplastic proliferations of small blood vessels including hemangiomas are common; however, anomalies of medium- and large-size vessels are rare. The only extracranial carotid artery aneurysm in a patient with TSC was reported in 1998. Since then, 19 cases have documented intracranial aneurysms in patients...
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