Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in 4–11% of patients ... Adult patients with Marfan syndrome have an increased tendency to upper airway collapse during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnoea.

Around adolescence, the Pleasant Plains natives were diagnosed with Marfan syndrome ... common symptoms include lung problems like spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lung), as well as stretch ...

Marfan syndrome could lead to complications like spontaneous pneumothorax (air in the thorax resulting in lung collapse) and weakness of the dural membrane (the covering of the brain and spinal cord).

Marfan syndrome was first described in 1896 at a meeting of ... Other manifestations may include spontaneous pneumothorax, early emphysema, congenital lung abnormalities, right ventricular enlargement ...

Figure 1: Lung histopathology and morphometry of mice deficient in fibrillin-1. Figure 2: Cell differentiation and elastin deposition in the lungs of mice deficient in fibrillin-1. Figure 3 ...

Spontaneous pneumothorax can usually be managed with ... Arterial dissection and pneumothorax can occur with Marfan's syndrome, the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, and rarely, homocystinuria.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome ... are respiratory (pneumothorax and sleep apnea), ocular (blindness ...

A study reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases and complications following strokes, as demonstrated in animal models. A study by ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Beckett Hotchkiss, an 11-year-old boy, is bringing attention to a genetic disorder known as Marfan Syndrome ... his case is considered spontaneous. When Beckett was diagnosed ...