Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report
We present a rare case of congenital thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) complicated with dissection in a nine-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome and atrial septal defect. She presented with rapid breathing and upper respiratory tract symptoms. Chest X-ray revealed a huge upper mediastinum with cardiomeg...
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| description | We present a rare case of congenital thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) complicated with dissection in a nine-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome and atrial septal defect. She presented with rapid breathing and upper respiratory tract symptoms. Chest X-ray revealed a huge upper mediastinum with cardiomegaly. Echocardiogram showed possible ascending TAA. Computerized tomography angiogram of the aorta revealed huge aortic root-ascending TAA with small aortic dissection. Despite immediate treatment, the patient passed away due to severe airway compromise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7566ccbf623483abd5557d6899a1ad62024-01-24T05:29:54ZengOman Medical Specialty BoardOman Medical Journal1999-768X2070-52042023-11-01386e576e57610.5001/omj.2023.66Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case ReportSiti Aishah Ahmad Maulana0Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia We present a rare case of congenital thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) complicated with dissection in a nine-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome and atrial septal defect. She presented with rapid breathing and upper respiratory tract symptoms. Chest X-ray revealed a huge upper mediastinum with cardiomegaly. Echocardiogram showed possible ascending TAA. Computerized tomography angiogram of the aorta revealed huge aortic root-ascending TAA with small aortic dissection. Despite immediate treatment, the patient passed away due to severe airway compromise.https://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=3584atrial septal defectcomputed tomography angiographynoonan syndromemalaysia |
| spellingShingle | Siti Aishah Ahmad Maulana Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report Oman Medical Journal atrial septal defect computed tomography angiography noonan syndrome malaysia |
| title | Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full | Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_short | Rare Congenital Dissecting Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in a Child with Noonan Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_sort | rare congenital dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm in a child with noonan syndrome a case report |
| topic | atrial septal defect computed tomography angiography noonan syndrome malaysia |
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