Apostolos G Pitoulias, Nizar Abu Bakr, Majid Kazemtash, Firouza Dahi, Michael Schütz, Konstantinos P Donas
Von Gierke disease, also known as glycogen storage disease type I, co-existent with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), is an extremely rare combination of diseases that requires challenging therapeutic measures. We present, for the first time in literature, the case of a 62-year-old female with von Gierke disease who required open surgical repair of an AAA with challenging neck anatomy outside of instructions for use of endovascular repair. Even though the surgical risks for life-threatening complications, such as pancreatitis, metabolic acidosis, and kidney failure, were high, the 6-month postoperative course was uneventful...
June 19, 2023: Vascular Specialist International