Dural ectasia in children with Marfan syndrome: A prospective, multicenter, patient‐control study

Abstract

Even during childhood pathologic changes inside the lumbosacral spine of patients with Marfan syndrome can be observed. Dural ectasia, which occurs at different levels of the lumbar spine, can be detected at levels L5 and S1 in up to 40% of patients with Marfan syndrome.