Marfan syndrome symptoms:
- disproportionately long
limbs and digits
- extreme near
sightedness
- chest deformity
- joint laxity
- vertebral column
deformities such as
scoliosis.
- Life expectancy: 70 yrs

- Marfan effects: 1/20,000
people.
- currently, there is no
treatment; each case is
addressed individually.
- some medications can
help stretch part of the
aorta
- replacing part of the
defective mitral valve is
sometimes necessary.

Marfan syndrome