Aneurysm in the skin: arterial fibromuscular dysplasia.

Kanzaki, T; Kobayashi, T; Shimizu, H; Miura, Y; Takayasu, M; Abe, T · J Am Acad Dermatol · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a pulsatile aneurysm in the skin of 16-year-old boy that was found to be a sign of a systemic vascular disease, that is, arterial fibromuscular dysplasia. The patient had aneurysms in the renal, cerebral, coronary, and other arteries; he developed renovascular hypertension and had a cerebrovascular accident and acute myocardial infarction at 17 years of age. This disease has not been previously reported in the dermatologic literature.

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