Clinical presentation and surgical treatment of scoliosis in Marfan syndrome.

Marfan syndrome (MFS) as an autosomal dominant connective tissue disease is characterized by ocular,cardiovascular,and skeletal deformities including scoliosis.1,2 A group of 12 patients with Marfan syndrome associated with scoliosis were surgically treated at our hospital from January 1990 to January 2004.