These comments are made for the purpose of discussion and should NOT be used as
recommendations for or against therapies or other treatments. An individual patient is
always advised to consult their own physician.
Marfan’s Syndrome
Information [posted 11/24/98]
Question: I wold like information on the symptoms as
well as the affects of Marfan’s in adult life.
Answer: Marfan’s Syndrome is an inherited disorder of connective
tissue. There are mary variations and no definitive test. In full form, patients tend to
be long and angular(Abraham Lincoln was possibly a Marfan’s), the joints are long and very
flexible. Complications arise from dilation of the aortic root(outflow from the heart) and
death from aortic root disease/dissection/aortic insufficiency. If the patient looks
Marfanoid and does not have aortic root dilation. There are usually few problems. Most of
the symptoms center on the aortic insufficiency and aortic root disease found in this
syndrome.