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Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 9-12 , February 2007

Spontaneous Non-traumatic Rupture of a Non-aneurysmatic Infrarenal Abdominal Aorta in a 10-Year Old Girl without Histological Evidence of Connective Tissue or Autoimmune Disease: A Case Report

R.A. Pol
- Department of Surgery, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
H.A.J.M. Kurvers
- Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J.B.G.M. Verheij
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
G. Pals
- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A.M. van der Wal
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. Boers
- Department of Pathology, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
P.J.G. Jörning
- Department of Surgery, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author. P.J.G. Jörning, Department of surgery, Isala Clinics, Dr. van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands.

,Accepted 30 July 2006.

Macroscopic view of the aorta during autopsy. No abnormalities (aneurysmatic dilation, dissection) are seen.

Macroscopic view of the aorta during autopsy. No abnormalities (aneurysmatic dilation, dissection) are seen.
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In (A) HE, (B) Elastica von Gieson, and (C) Alcian Blue stain of slides of the aorta. No microscopic abnormalities were seen. (original magnification: 5×).

In (A) HE, (B) Elastica von Gieson, and (C) Alcian Blue stain of slides of the aorta. No microscopic abnormalities were seen. (original magnification: 5×).
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