Cirsoid aneurysm of coronary arteries associated with arterioventricular fistula evaluated by 64-multidetector CT coronary angiography: depiction of a case

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2009 May;32(3):539-42. doi: 10.1007/s00270-008-9416-3. Epub 2008 Aug 15.

Abstract

A female patient with severe pulmonary hypertension was admitted for lung transplant evaluation. As an incidental finding, the chest CT showed diffuse and dilated coronaries, not detected at previous echocardiography. A coronary CT angiography was then performed using a 64-multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanner to better evaluate the coronary tree. The images obtained after postprocessing demonstrated tremendously aneurysmatic and tortuous coronary arteries and the presence of a septal branch deepening into the myocardium and penetrating the right ventricle cavity, forming an abnormal arterioventricular fistula. A causal relation between the aneurysms and the fistula is suspected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*