[A case of dissecting aneurysm associated with mixed connective tissue disease]

No To Shinkei. 1994 Sep;46(9):855-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 41 year-old-female with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) associated with dissecting aneurysm (DA) of the right posterior cerebral artery is reported. This case satisfied the diagnostic criteria for MCTD, and cerebral angiography revealed the double-lumen sign and pooling of the contrast medium. Thus it was possible to make a definite diagnosis of both MCTD and DA. Fragility of the arterial wall due to the primary disease, MCTD, appeared to have played a role in the occurrence of dissection and the subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed