A CASE OF CYSTIC LUNG DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH MARFANS SYNDROMEA CASE REPORT
Abstract
Abstract : Various pulmonary problems
have been described in Marfan's syndrome.
Here we are having 29 years old
male patient who presented with 4 years
of progressive dyspnea and cough with
history of recurrent respiratory infections
since childhood, patient had marfanoid
features and features of cor pulmonale,
investigations revealed diffuse cystic lesions
in both lung fields. Cystic lung disease
in marfans syndrome is very rare.
We report a case of cystic lung disease
in a marfans syndrome due to its rarity of
presentation.
Keyword :Marfans syndrome, Cystic
lung disease, Ghents criteria.
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Harrison’s principles of internal
medicine 18th edition, chapter- 363,
Heritable disorders of connective tissue.
Table courtesy of The Merck
Manuals online Medical library. Availableathttp;//
www.merckmanuals.com/
media/professional/pdf/Table_284.pdf.
Pub Med Health Web site. Diseases
and conditions: marfans syndrome
Available at: http://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/
National Library of Medicine Web
s i t e . G e netics Home Reference:
Marfans syndrome. Available
at:http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/
marfan-syndrome.
Mayo clinic web site.Marfan synd
rome . A v a i l a b l e a t : h t t p : / /
www.mayoclinic.com/health/marfansyndrome/.
National Marfan Foundation Web
s i t e . A v a i l a b l e a t : h t t p : / /
www.marfan.org/marfan .
Keane Mg,PyeritzRE(May
’Medical management of marfans
syndrome”
) C i r c u l a t i o n 1 1 7
( 2 1 ) : 2 8 0 2 1 3 . d o i : 1 0 . 1 1 6 1 /
CIRCULATIONAHA.107.693523.
Robbins and cotron Pathological
Basis of Disese,Kumar et al;8Th edition
Saunders Elsevier publishing,2010.
Boileau et al:Molecular genetics
of marfans syndrome.curr opin cardiol
:194,2005
Callewaert B et al:Ehlers-Danlos and
marfans syndrome. Best pract Res clin
Rheumatol 22:1521,2008. 12) cystic lung
disease in marfans syndrome:B.K
SHARMA,B.TALUKDAR,R.KAPOOR;TH
ORAX.bmj.com/content/44/11/978
full.pdf.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
An initiative of The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University