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Femoral Artery Aneurysm Repair in a Patient With a Fibrillin-2 Mutation.
Vascular and endovascular surgery - 1 Oct 2018
Ratschiller Thomas, Müller Hannes, Schachner Thomas, Fellner Franz, Sulzbacher Gregor, Zierer Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Degenerative femoral artery aneurysms are uncommon and often associated with aneurysm in other distributions. We report a case of a 68-year-old man with multianeurysmal disease involving the aorta, iliac, femoral, and popliteal arteries managed interdisciplinary by stent-graft placement and open surgical repair. Genetic testing revealed a variant in the FBN2 gene encoding fibrillin-2, an important component of...
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