25 September 2023>: Articles
Life-Threatening Aortic Dissection during Pregnancy: A Case Report of Undiagnosed FBN1-Related Marfan Syndrome at 39 Weeks Gestation
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease
Carmelina Gurrieri A* , Westley T. Manske A , Carla Williams A , Joseph C. Wildenberg A , Rachel J. Keppers B , Tiziano Tallarita B , Nishant Saran A , Andrew D. Calvin ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.940628
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e940628
Figure 5. Post-procedure three-dimensional computed tomography scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Postprocedural changes of the aortic root and unchanged aortic dissection extending into the left subclavian artery (star), to the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta, as well as to both common iliac arteries, with a maximum diameter of 4.3 cm at the level of the proximal descending thoracic aorta (arrow).