Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type

Disease Overview

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, also known as the vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited connective tissue disorder defined by characteristic facial features (acrogeria) in most patients, translucent skin with highly visible subcutaneous vessels on the trunk and lower back, easy bruising, and severe arterial, digestive and uterine complications, which are rarely, if at all, observed in the other forms of EDS.

Synonyms

• EDS IV
• EDS IV (formerly)
• EDS type 4
• EDS type 4 (formerly)
• EDS4 (formerly)
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, arterial type
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, ecchymotic type
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, sack-Barabas type
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 4
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 4 (formerly)
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (formerly)
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type IV
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type
• sack-Barabas syndrome
• vEDS
• vascular EDS
• vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndromeEDS IV
• EDS IV (formerly)
• EDS type 4
• EDS type 4 (formerly)
• EDS4 (formerly)
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, arterial type
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, ecchymotic type
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome, sack-Barabas type
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 4
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 4 (formerly)
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (formerly)
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type IV
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type
• sack-Barabas syndrome
• vEDS
• vascular EDS
• vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome