Posterior tibial artery aneurysm in a child with SMAD3 mutation

Peripheral arterial aneurysms in children are uncommon. We report a 6-year-old boy who developed a right posterior tibial artery aneurysm with symptoms including pain and pulsatile tenderness. His genetic testing revealed a SMAD3 mutation, a condition associated with familial aortic aneurysm, early-...

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Main Authors: Elias Kfoury, MD, Aaron Y. Chen, BS, Peter H. Lin, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428716300387