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Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young adult. Case report. 1991

T Myrmel, and J Vaage

Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Tromsø, Norway.

A 30-year-old man presented with threatened rupture of an infrarenal aortic aneurysm. Clinical and laboratory investigations revealed no traumatic, atherosclerotic, infectious or inflammatory cause. Histologic examination of the aortic wall showed cystic degeneration of the media. Consequently the case could be classified as congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm in an adult.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001012	Aorta, Abdominal	The aorta from the DIAPHRAGM to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries.	Abdominal Aorta,Abdominal Aortas,Aortas, Abdominal
D001014	Aortic Aneurysm	An abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of AORTA.	Aneurysm, Aortic,Aneurysms, Aortic,Aortic Aneurysms