Congenital Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review

Zhaohui Hua,Zhen Li,Yongqiang Yue,Zhibin Zhou,Ke Ma

doi:10.3389/fped.2022.853517

Abstract

Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with unknown etiology, and the common symptoms are abdominal pulsatile mass and pain caused by aneurysm rupture. The disease has a high mortality rate and fewer reports of surgical treatment. Here, we present a case of an idiopathic congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm. A 4-year-old boy had an abdominal pulsatile mass, and computed tomography angiography revealed an isolated infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. To prevent rupture of the aneurysm, we repaired the aneurysm with artificial graft transplantation. No genetic mutation of the known congenital aneurysmal diseases was found in the whole-exome sequencing of the patient and his parents. There was no graft obstruction, and the patient grew well 40 months after surgery. Open surgery is the best treatment for idiopathic congenital abdominal aortic aneurysms. Surgical details such as timing and graft selection need to be further explored.

Highlights

Abdominal aortic aneurysms in children are very rare
This article reports the case of a 4-year-old child with isolated congenital abdominal aortic aneurysms (cAAAs) and the results of a 40-month follow-up of open surgery
Congenital Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm incision, we found that the intima of the aneurysm was smooth without thrombus

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The common causes are congenital connective tissue disorders, vasculitis, traumatic umbilical artery intubation, and infection, while congenital abdominal aortic aneurysms (cAAAs) is rarely reported and has an unknown etiology and high mortality. This article reports the case of a 4-year-old child with isolated cAAA and the results of a 40-month follow-up of open surgery. The patient was 112 cm tall and weighs 23 kg and he had no family history of aneurysmal disease, connective tissue disorders, a history of trauma, umbilical cannulation, and infection. The patients had frequent follow-ups outside the hospital, and at 40 months post-operative follow up without any antiplatelet drugs, the patient was 140 cm tall and weighs 43 kg, and the CTA revealed that the graft blood flow was unobstructed (Figure 2)

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