Traumatic Aneurysm Involving Left Ventricle and Descending Thoracic Aorta.
- Author:
Seo Won LEE
1
;
Kae Sun LEE
;
Jeong Tae AHN
;
Jae Kyun SHIN
;
Jae Won LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, EulJi General Hospital Taejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aneurysm, Heart ventricle;
Aortic aneurgsm, descending
- MeSH:
Aneurysm*;
Aorta, Thoracic*;
Child;
Heart Ventricles*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Mortality;
Pericardial Effusion
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1997;30(6):617-620
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Traumatic aneurysm of both the thoracic aorta and the left ventricle are extremely rare in children because it is characterized by high mortality. We report a case which we experi- enced recently with sucessful outcome. A Five-year-old boy had a blunt trauma by bongo bus. He had pulmonary hemorrage and pericardial effusion complicated by multiorgan failure threatening his life. Aneurysm of LV and Descending aorta were showed by 2-D echocardiogram and MRI. The patient underwent successful corrective surgery 2 and half momths after trauma, the postoperative status of this patient was uneventful, now he is being followed up the OPD.
