Acute aortic valvular regurgitation secondary to avulsion of aortic valve commissure in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Citation
K. Hirata et al., Acute aortic valvular regurgitation secondary to avulsion of aortic valve commissure in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum, INTERN MED, 39(11), 2000, pp. 940-942
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
09182918 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
940 - 942
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(200011)39:11<940:AAVRST>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 68-year-old woman developed acute pulmonary edema due to severe acute aor tic valvular regurgitation, At the time of emergency surgery, it turned out to result from spontaneous avulsion of the aortic valve commissure, Later, the patient was diagnosed to have pseudoxanthoma elasticum based on typica l skin lesions, Connective tissue abnormalities associated with pseudoxanth oma elasticum might have contributed to the development of the avulsion of the aortic valve in this particular patient.