%0 Case Reports %T Aortic root ectasia as a phenotypic feature of a mitochondrial disorder. %A Finsterer J %J Clin Case Rep %V 6 %N 8 %D Aug 2018 %M 30147891 暂无%R 10.1002/ccr3.1652 %X Mitochondrial disorder (MID) can be suspected upon application of the mitochondrial multiorgan disorder syndrome score; aortic root ectasia (ARE) can be a phenotypic feature of MIDs; ARE in a MID may result from affection of vascular smooth muscle cells by the metabolic defect; ARE requires long-term follow-up not to miss the point at which ARE transforms to an aneurysm requiring vascular surgery.