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© 1990 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

ULTRASOUND DEMONSTRATION OF A SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY ANEURYSM IN A PATIENT WITH EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME

P. T. J. CREMERS, D. L. T. BUSSCHER* and J. D. MACFARLANE{dagger}

Departments of Radiology at Rijnoord Hospital Alphen aan den Rijn
*University Hospital Leiden
{dagger}Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr P. Cremers, Department of Radiology. Rijnoord Hospital, P. O. Box 695. 2400 AR Alphen aan den Rijn. The Netherlands

A large aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery was the presumed cause of abdominal pain in an 11-year-old girl with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. This aneurysm was readily identified by ultrasonography, suggesting that this method could be the diagnostic technique of choice in this disorder.

KEY WORDS: Arterial aneurysm, Angiography, Ultrasound, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome


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