Key result
A patient with Turner's syndrome and bicuspid aortic stenosis experienced a fatal rupture of a thoracic dissecting aortic aneurysm, highlighting the need to consider this diagnosis in such patients.
Population
1 patient with Turner's syndrome associated with bicuspid aortic stenosis and fatal rupture of a thoracic…
Design
Case_report
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May warrant considering aortic dissection in Turner syndrome with chest pain irrespective of coarctation; hypothesis-generating case report requiring validation.
Case Report (n=1)
Dissecting aortic aneurysm should be considered in all patients with Turner's syndrome presenting with chest pain, irrespective of the presence or absence of coarctation.
Slater et al. (1982) conducted a case report in Turner's syndrome, bicuspid aortic stenosis, dissecting aortic aneurysm (n=1). Turner's syndrome with bicuspid aortic stenosis was evaluated on Fatal rupture of a thoracic dissecting aortic aneurysm. A patient with Turner's syndrome and bicuspid aortic stenosis experienced a fatal rupture of a thoracic dissecting aortic aneurysm, highlighting the need to consider this diagnosis in such patients.
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