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FIGURE 62.5. Marfan syndrome with hyperinflation, bullous changes, dilated tortuous aorta, and "tall" lungs.
<bold>FIG. 96.1.</bold> Marfan syndrome in a 14-year-old boy. Note arachnodactyly, relatively long limbs (dolichostenomelia), pectus carinatum, sparse subcutaneous fat, unilateral genu valgum, and pes planus. Ectopia lentis and scoliosis also were present. This patient died of aortic rupture at age 15 years.
<bold>FIG. 96.1.</bold> Marfan syndrome in a 14-year-old boy. Note arachnodactyly, relatively long limbs (dolichostenomelia), ...
Long, slender fingers (arachnodactyly) in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
<bold>FIG. 96.3.</bold> The wrist sign in a patient with Marfan syndrome. In a positive test, the first phalanges of the thumb and fifth digit substantially overlap when wrapped around the opposite wrist.
<bold>FIG. 96.3.</bold> The wrist sign in a patient with Marfan syndrome. In a positive test, the first phalanges of the thumb...
<bold>Fig CA 9-9 Marfan's syndrome.</bold> Arteriogram shows enormous dilatation of the aneurysmal ascending aorta.
Evidence of the disproportionate finger length and lean extremity is the ability to wrap fingers around the wrist and overlap the digits.