|
KMID : 0368120120420120869
|
|
Korean Circulation Journal
2012 Volume.42 No. 12 p.869 ~ p.871
|
|
|
Valsalva Aneurysm Filled with Thrombi Mimicking a Cardiac Tumor
|
|
Lee Yasuharu
Mori Naoki
Nakamura Daisuke
Yoshimura Takahiro
Taniike Masayuki
Makino Nobuhiko
Kato Hiroyasu
Egami Yasuyuki
Shutta Ryu
Tanouchi Jun
Yamada Yoshio
Nishino Masami
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
A Valsalva aneurysm filled with thrombi can be difficult to diagnose, because it mimics a cardiac tumor. Both cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) were performed on a patient who showed a low-echoic mass located between the atrial septum and the non-coronary sinus. Based on MRI findings allowing tissue characterization and the accurate location of the mass and the TEE findings of an irregular surface of the mass and a partial defect in the edge of the non-coronary sinus, we diagnosed the mass as a thrombosed Valsalva aneurysm that had perforated the inter-atrial septum. The operative findings coincided with the preoperative diagnosis. Both MRI and TEE are useful for diagnosing this condition.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Sinus of Valsalva, Cardiac tumor, 2D echocardiography, Magnetic resonance imaging
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|