Abstract

LUCAS DELGADO, Jorge Luis  and  LOPEZ BARROSO, Reynaldo. Marfan syndrome and abdominal aneurysm in a pregnant adolescent. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.10, pp.1441-1445. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 17 years pregnant adolescent, with diagnosis of Marfan syndrome since her childhood who was admitted in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, with a 27 weeks pregnancy, and presenting mitral valvulopathy, aneurysm of the abdominal aorta and mild anemia is described. The results of the abdominal echography revealed that at 48 mm of the superior mesenteric artery, dilation of the aorta was observed with turbulence flow inside. The patient was treated since the beginning with athenolol (25 mg daily) and Betnesol^®, to accelerate the lung maturity of the fetus due to the high risk of preterm childbirth. Caesarean section was practiced at 37,2 weeks, which was successful for the binomial mother-fetus

Keywords : adolescent; Marfan syndrome; thoracic aneurysm; pregnancy.

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