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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118
A giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage in childhood
Sertaç Haydin1, Erkut Öztürk2, Alper Güzeltaş2, Ender Ödemiş2, İhsan Bakır1
1Departments of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118
Congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage is a very
rare cardiac anomaly which can be accompanied with
supraventricular rhythm disorders and life-threatening
systemic thromboembolism. In this article, we present a
six-year-old girl with a bulky mass of soft tissue density
on the cardiac wall in chest X-ray which was adjacent to
the left atrial appendage in two-dimensional transthoracic
echocardiography. The patient was diagnosed with the
left atrial appendage aneurysm. Surgery was performed
to eliminate potential complications. The patient was
uneventful in the postoperative follow-up.
Keywords : Aneurysm; childhood; left atrial appendage; surgery
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