She died during a volleyball match in Japan as a result of Marfan syndrome.
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Instead, Flo Hyman's death was due to an aortic dissection resulting from previously undiagnosed Marfan syndrome, a relatively common genetic disorder that affects more than 1 in 5,000 people.
These include abuses he received as a child, past drug addictions, and the time he spent hospitalized as a teenager due to his genetic disorder Marfan syndrome.
His nickname is in reference to his having Marfan syndrome; Sanchez stood at 6'11", and weighed 135 lbs.
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Examples of such diseases in humans caused by single genes are Huntington's disease or Marfan syndrome.
The condition is mentioned in the Rizzoli & Isles episode Boston Strangler Redux; Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander) is on a date with a man whom she diagnoses as having Marfan Syndrome, which she says "explains the dolichostenomelia."