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2008 JAN 18 -- According to a study from the United States, "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare hereditary connective tissue disorder."

"Patients with type IV EDS are prone to develop visceral pseudoaneurysms and aortic aneurysms. Surgical and endovascular interventions are fraught with complications and high morbidity," wrote S.G. Naidu and colleagues, Mayo Clinic.

The researchers concluded: "We present a case of a patient with type IV EDS who presented with a new psoas pseudoaneurysm arising from a hypertrophied lumbar artery which was treated with percutaneous embolization by using n-butyl cyanoacrylate glue and coils."

Naidu and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (Percutaneus embolization of a lumbar pseud aneurysm in a patient with type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2007;46(5):1036-1038).

For more information, contact S.G. Naidu, Mayo Clinic, Division Intervent Radiol, Dept. of Radiol, 5777 E Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Vascular Surgery is: Mosby-Elsevier, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA.

Keywords: United States, Phoenix, Angiology, Aortic Aneurysm, Cardiology, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Embolization, Genetics, Surgery, Mayo Clinic.

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