Imaging in a rare case of neonatal arterial tortuosity syndrome

Abstract

Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome (ATS) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder, that affects the connective tissue. The incidence of ATS is not well known and to date only 106 patients have been described in literature. ATS affects medium and large sizes arteries, leading to a widespread elongation and to an intensification of the average vessel tortuousness, responsible of several loops and kinks.