Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue disorder characterized by unusually long limbs. The disease also affects other bodily structures—including the skeleton, lungs, eyes, heart and blood vessels—in less obvious ways. It is named for Antoine Marfan, the French pediatrician who first described it in 1896.

Related disorders

• Bicuspid aortic valve with aortic vasodilation
• Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly (CCA) or Beals Syndrome
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Familial aortic aneurysm
• Familial ectopia lentis (dislocated lens)
• Gigantism (or a Marfan body type)
• Homocystinuria
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome
• Stickler syndrome