All issues > Volume 31(12); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(12):1680-1684. Published online December 31, 1988.

A case of Marfan Syndrome.

T U Kim¹, S H Bae¹, H S Yoon¹, S H Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Won Kwang University, I Ri, Korea

Received: June 28, 1988;  Accepted: June 28, 1988.

Abstract

We experienced a case of Marfan syndrome in 10 year-old girl with dolichomorphism, myopia, dilatation of ascending aorta, PDA, mitral valve prolapse. Diagnosis was established by clinical characteristics with echocardiography and cardiac catheter- ization. And also, Pertinent literatures on Marfan svndrome were reviewed briefly.

Keywords :Marfan syndrome