Coil embolization of a gluteal false aneurysm in a patient with Marfan syndrome

AbstractThe classic cardiovascular complications of Marfan syndrome are annuloaortic ectasia, mitral valve disease, and aortic dissection. These conditions can be explained by a progressive loss of connective tissue elastic fibers of the inner arterial wall that lead to its fragility and distensibility. Other aneurysmal locations have been reported in relation to this condition, though clearly less frequently. We report here the case of a patient with Marfan syndrome who successively had annuloaortic ectasia and Barlow's disease, which were successfully treated in 1987, a false aneurysm on the reimplantation of the right coronary artery that necessitated reintervention in 1992, and a gluteal false aneurysm diagnosed and treated in 1993