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Table 1 Main clinical characteristics of twenty-six previously reported cases of congenital AAA

From: Diagnosis and treatment of congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm: a systematic review of reported cases

Author

Age at discovery

Gender

Location

Surgical treatment

Outcome

Howorth [ 6 ]

1 day

Female

Infrarenal

Exploratory laparotomy

Rupture and death during operation

Darden WA [ 7 ]

2.5 years

Male

Infrarenal

Dacron aortic graft

None reported

Sterpetti AV [ 8 ]

19 years

Male

Infrarenal

Dacron aortic graft

None reported

Odagiri S [ 9 ]

1 year

Male

Infrarenal

Dacron aortic graft

Healthy at 10 months after surgery

Latter D [ 10 ]

1 month

Male

Infrarenal

8 mm polytetrafluoroethylene tube graft

Healthy

Saad SA [ 11 ]

6 weeks

Male

Infrarenal

Aneurysmorrhaphy

Healthy at 3 months after surgery

Myrmel T [ 12 ]

30 years

Male

Infrarenal

None reported

None reported

Sarkar R [ 13 ]

4 years

Female

Infrarenal

Aneurysmorrhaphy

None reported

Malee MP [ 14 ]

32 weeks’ gestation

Female

Juxtarenal

None

Died of acute pulmonary hypertension and cardiac dysfunction at age 9 days

Kim ES [ 15 ]

7 days

Female

Juxtarenal

None

Died of cardiac and renal failure at age19 days

Mehall JR [ 16 ]

6 weeks

Male

Juxtarenal

Bifurcated 7.4 mm Gore-Tex graft

Healthy at 1 month after surgery

Laing AJ [ 17 ]

1 year

Male

Infrarenal

Exploratory laparotomy

Rupture and death during operation

Dittrick K [ 18 ]

12 years

Male

Infrarenal

Dacron tube graft

Healthy at 2 years after surgery

Bell P [ 19 ]

1 day

Female

Infrarenal

Cryopreserved allograft (CryoLife)

Healthy at 14 months after surgery

Cheung SC [ 20 ]

6 months

Male

Juxtarenal

None

Thrombosis of the aneurysm and renal dysfunction at 3 years

Buddingh KT [ 21 ]

1 day

Male

Infrarenal

None

Healthy at 7 months, aneurysm grown to 9.3 mm max diameter

Kim JI [ 22 ]

21 weeks’ gestation

None reported

Infrarenal

Dacron aortic graft

Uneventful post-operation recovery

Malikov S [ 23 ]

28 weeks’ gestation

Male

Juxtarenal

Repair with native iliac vessels

Healthy at 39 months after surgery

Cantinotti M [ 24 ]

22 weeks’ gestation

None reported

Infrarenal

None reported

None reported

Tsunematsu R [ 25 ]

25 weeks’ gestation

Male

Unspecified

None

Stable after 6 months

McAteer J [ 26 ]

34 weeks’ gestation

Male

Thoracoabdominal

None

Died of rupture at age 28 days

Cho YP [ 27 ]

23 months

Male

Infrarenal

Cryopreserved cadaveric artery

Healthy at 10 months after surgery

Meyers RL [ 28 ]

Neonate

None reported

Infrarenal

Decellularized, antigen-reduced cryopreserved allograft

Healthy at 29 months after surgery

Ko Y [ 29 ]

2 months

Male

Thoracoabdominal

Dacron aortic graft

Healthy

Fettah ND [ 30 ]

1 day

Female

Infrarenal

Repair with polytetrafluorethylene

Died of sepsis and cardiopulmonary insufficiency at age 5 weeks

Bivins HA [ 31 ]

19 weeks’ gestation

Male

Infrarenal

None

Died of renal failure at age 12 days