Left ventricular diverticulum: MRI demonstration (congenital broad-based left ventricular aneurysm)
The case presented is that of a 3-year-old boy with an asymptomatic left ventricular diverticulum. The value of MRI in the detection and classification of this entity is illustrated.
Sty
J R
JR
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Department of Radiology, Milwaukee 53226.
Wells
R G
RG
Hardie
R C
RC
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male