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Myocardial abscess resulting in a pseudoaneurysm: Case report |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey H Roberts Victor Aponte David P Naidich Meenakshi Bhalla MD |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA;(2) Department of Radiology, Bellevue Hospital NYU Medical Center, New York, New York, USA;(3) Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, 29425 Charleston, SC, USA |
| Abstract: | This report describes the diagnostic workup of a case of a pseudonaneurysm of the heart resulting from Staphylococcal pericarditis and/or abscesses of the myocardium. The percardial effusion and myocardial abscesses were detected on 2D echcardiography and computed tomography. The resulting pseudoaneurysm could be demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging and color Doppler ultrasound, and confirmed by left ventriculography. Color-encoded Doppler ultrasound alone would have provided the definitive diagnosis of the aneurysm. |
| Keywords: | Pseudoaneurysm cardiac Myocardial abscess MRI Doppler ultrasound |
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