A giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage in childhood

Haydin, Sertac; Ozturk, Erkut; Guzeltas, Alper; Odemis, Ender; BAKIR, İhsan

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118

A giant aneurysm of the left atrial appendage in childhood

Haydin S., Ozturk E., Guzeltas A., Odemis E., BAKIR İ.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.171-173, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2014
Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8118
Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.171-173
Anahtar Kelimeler: Aneurysm, childhood, left atrial appendage, surgery
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.