Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm discovered incidental to a lower back mass

Kuboi, Toru; Matsumoto, Megumi; Kondo, Shuji; Arioka, Makoto; Yamato, Satoshi; Sadamura, Takaaki; Jinnai, Wataru; Nakano, Akiko; Ota, Akira

doi:10.1111/ped.13458

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“…One relevant hypothesis is that cAAA results from a developmental defect during embryogenesis that creates a focal narrowing of the abdominal aorta, which leads to poststenotic turbulent blood flow and subsequent aneurysm formation (1). There are no epidemiological data related to cAAA, and as of December 2021, only 31 cases have been reported (Table 1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). There are fifteen patients diagnosed before 1 year of age, eight patients were diagnosed after 1 year of age, and the remaining eight patients were diagnosed at 19-30 weeks of gestation.…”

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Congenital Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review

Zhou

Yue

et al. 2022

Front. Pediatr.

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Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with unknown etiology, and the common symptoms are abdominal pulsatile mass and pain caused by aneurysm rupture. The disease has a high mortality rate and fewer reports of surgical treatment. Here, we present a case of an idiopathic congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm. A 4-year-old boy had an abdominal pulsatile mass, and computed tomography angiography revealed an isolated infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. To prevent rupture of the aneurysm, we repaired the aneurysm with artificial graft transplantation. No genetic mutation of the known congenital aneurysmal diseases was found in the whole-exome sequencing of the patient and his parents. There was no graft obstruction, and the patient grew well 40 months after surgery. Open surgery is the best treatment for idiopathic congenital abdominal aortic aneurysms. Surgical details such as timing and graft selection need to be further explored.

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