Successful coil embolization for rupture of the subclavian artery associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.

Iida, Yasunori; Obitsu, Yukio; Komai, Hiroyoshi; Shigematsu, Hiroshi · J Vasc Surg · 2009

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a rare inherited disease of connective tissue. Patients with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are likely to present with arterial disorders such as aneurysm or dissection. We report a 20-year-old man with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in whom a subclavian arterial rupture was successfully treated with transcatheter coil embolization.

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