Giant pseudoaneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva.
A pseudoaneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva is a very rare cardiac abnormality. We report a surgical case of the pseudoaneurysm of the right sinus of Valsalva in a 77-year- old woman. The histopathological examination of the resected aneurysmal wall revealed that it was a pseudoaneurysm without any specific inflammatory changes. Although we cannot identify the clear cause of the formation of the pseudoaneurysm, we believe it may have been a type of spontaneous rupture of the sinus of Valsalva.
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Japan. cdm88010@par.odn.ne.jp
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Misumi
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Nishikawa
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Yasudo
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Suzuki
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Kumamaru
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*