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However, the association between syndromic features and the formation of intracranial aneurysms in LDS patients has yet to be determined. In this study, the authors evaluate the incidence of phenotypic abnormalities, craniofacial features, and Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) in a large LDS cohort and explore possible risk factors for the development of intracranial aneurysms.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients with LDS who had been seen at the Marfan Syndrome and Aortopathy Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2010\u20132022. Medical records were reviewed to obtain demographic, clinical, and radiographic data. The prevalence of craniofacial, skeletal, and cutaneous pathologies was determined. Bivariate logistic regression was performed to identify possible risk factors for the formation of an intracranial aneurysm.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Eighty-one patients with complete medical records and intracranial vascular imaging were included in the analysis, and 18 patients (22.2%) had at least 1 intracranial aneurysm. Patients frequently demonstrated the thin or translucent skin, doughy skin texture, hypertelorism, uvular abnormalities, and joint hypermobility typical of LDS. CM-I was common, occurring in 7.4% of the patients. Importantly, the patients with intracranial aneurysms were more likely to have CM-I (22.2%) than those without intracranial aneurysms (3.2%). The mean CFI score in the cohort with available data was 1.81, with higher means in the patients with the <jats:italic>TGFBR1<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic>TGFBR2<\/jats:italic> disease-causing variants (2.05 and 3.30, respectively) and lower in the patients with the <jats:italic>SMAD3, TGFB2,<\/jats:italic> or <jats:italic>TGFB3<\/jats:italic> pathogenic variants (CFI &lt; 1). No significant CFI difference was observed in patients with or without intracranial aneurysms (2.06 vs 1.74, p = 0.61).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>CM-I, and not the CFI, is significantly associated with the presence of intracranial aneurysms in patients with LDS. Surveillance for intracranial aneurysms is essential in all patients with LDS and should not be limited to those with severe phenotypes. Long-term monitoring studies will be necessary to determine whether a correlation between craniofacial abnormalities and adverse outcomes from intracranial aneurysms (growth, intervention, or rupture) exists.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2022.9.jns221373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]],"date-time":"2022-10-28T14:19:43Z","timestamp":1666966783000},"page":"1385-1392","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Relationship between phenotypic features in Loeys-Dietz syndrome and the presence of intracranial aneurysms"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"138","author":[{"given":"*Anna L.","family":"Huguenard","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabrielle W.","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rupen R.","family":"Desai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joshua W.","family":"Osbun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ralph G.","family":"Dacey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alan C.","family":"Braverman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"b1","series-title":"Nat Genet","first-page":"275","article-title":"A syndrome of altered cardiovascular, craniofacial, neurocognitive and skeletal development caused by mutations in TGFBR1 or TGFBR2","volume":"37","author":"Loeys BL","year":"2005","unstructured":"Loeys BL, Chen J, Neptune ER,  A syndrome of altered cardiovascular, craniofacial, neurocognitive and skeletal development caused by mutations in TGFBR1 or TGFBR2. 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