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Spontaneous Obliteration of Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm after Blunt Chest Trauma: Diagnosis and Follow-Up with Multidetector CT |
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| Authors: | Taekyung Kang Mi-Jin Kang Jae Hyung Kim |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Emergency Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul 139-707, Korea.;2.Department of Radiology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul 139-707, Korea. |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Ventricular pseudoaneurysm Blunt chest trauma Computed tomography |