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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62(04): 375-377
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1333898
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Uncommon Cause of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: Case Report and Review of Literature

Wu Wei
1   Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China
,
Chen Hui
1   Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China
,
Wang Sheng-Yu
1   Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China
,
Diao Xin
1   Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China
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25 July 2012

21 September 2012

Publication Date:
05 April 2013 (online)

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Abstract

We report a case of an 18-year-old man without tuberculosis history who presented with chest distress, dyspnea, and fever. Chest computed tomography scan and echocardiography showed left ventricular posterior wall pseudoaneurysm and perforation. Unfortunately, the patient died shortly after surgery. On the basis of surgical pathology, we made a final diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis complicated with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. This has not been reported before in the published literature.

Keywords

pseudoaneurysm - diagnosis - tuberculous pericarditis
 

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