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Metachronous Bilateral Posterior Tibial Artery Aneurysms in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV is a life-threatening genetic connective tissue disorder. We report a 24-year-old woman with EDS-IV who presented with metachronous bilateral aneurysms/pseudoaneurysms of the posterior tibial arteries 15 months apart. Both were treated successfully with transarterial coil embolization from a distal posterior tibial approach.

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  1. Hugo Bonatti

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

  2. Bulent Arslan

    Present address: Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA

  3. Nancy L. Harthun

    Present address: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Klaus D. Hagspiel, Saher Sabri & Bulent Arslan

  2. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Hugo Bonatti

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Nancy L. Harthun

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Hagspiel, K.D., Bonatti, H., Sabri, S. et al. Metachronous Bilateral Posterior Tibial Artery Aneurysms in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 34, 413–418 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-010-9929-4

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