Spontaneous Obliteration of Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Blunt Chest Trauma: Diagnosis and Follow-Up with Multidetector CT.
10.3348/kjr.2014.15.3.330
- Author:
Taekyung KANG
1
;
Mi Jin KANG
;
Jae Hyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul 139-707, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Ventricular pseudoaneurysm;
Blunt chest trauma;
Computed tomography
- MeSH:
Accidental Falls;
Aneurysm, False/etiology/*radiography/ultrasonography;
Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques/methods;
Echocardiography/methods;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Heart Aneurysm/etiology/*radiography/ultrasonography;
Heart Ventricles/injuries/radiography/ultrasonography;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Multidetector Computed Tomography/*methods;
Remission, Spontaneous;
Thoracic Injuries/*complications;
Wounds, Nonpenetrating/*complications
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2014;15(3):330-333
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Right ventricular (RV) pseudoaneurysm caused by trauma is very rare. We report a case of RV pseudoaneurysm which resolved without surgical treatment in a patient who survived a falling accident. Echocardiography failed to identify the pseudoaneurysm. Electrocardiography-gated CT showed a 17-mm-sized saccular pseusoaneurysm arsing from the RV outflow tract with a narrow neck. Follow-up CT after two months showed spontaneous obliteration of the lesion.
