Protruding left intercostal mass after left ventricular aneurysmectomy

Giuseppe D'Ancona; Giuseppe Mamone; Gianluca Marrone; Francesco Pirone; Gianluca Santise; Sergio Sciacca; Michele Pilato

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.073

Protruding left intercostal mass after left ventricular aneurysmectomy

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Aug;84(2):657-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.073.

Authors

Giuseppe D'Ancona¹, Giuseppe Mamone, Gianluca Marrone, Francesco Pirone, Gianluca Santise, Sergio Sciacca, Michele Pilato

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 17643659
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.073

Abstract

In this report we summarize a case of myocardial infarction that developed an apical ventricular aneurysm, which was surgically removed to re-expand and reappear as a pulsating chest wall mass 16 years later.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / pathology
Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Chest Pain
Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Postoperative Complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery*