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15014899

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
The development of a diffuse elastic tissue defect resembling pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a recently established and frequently encountered clinical entity in beta-thalassemia. The clinical spectrum of this disorder is not yet completely understood as it is continuously being enriched with novel complications that are often serious. We present here a thalassemia intermedia patient with typical PXE manifestations and a fusiform aneurysmatic dilatation of the ascending thoracic aorta, a previously unknown complication in these patients. An aortic aneurysm has itself a notable morbidity, while it may also impair the particularly susceptible cardiac function of beta-thalassemia patients, hence affecting the overall prognosis of the main disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0939-5555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
596-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Aneurysmatic dilatation of ascending aorta in a patient with beta-thalassemia and a pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. dfarm1@panafonet.gr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports