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[Bilateral spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula revealing Ehler-Danlos disease].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Apr 2013
Girardin M, Puzenat E, Humbert P, Aubin F
Abstract excerpt
PATIENTS AND METHODS: A 34-year-old woman with an extensive surgical history developed two spontaneous carotido-cavernous fistula bilaterally. Skin examination revealed an acrogeric form of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and this diagnosis was confirmed by genetic analysis. DISCUSSION: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease that may be suspected on the grounds of clinical...
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