title: Congenital aneurysm of the muscular interventricular septum in a fraternal case diagnosed by fetal echocardiography.
abstract: Two siblings with aneurysms of the muscular ventricular septum are presented. Case 1 (the older brother) underwent fetal echocardiography at 26 weeks of gestation. Initially, it was thought that he had a muscular ventricular septal defect; however, postnatal echocardiography revealed an aneurysm of the muscular portion of the ventricular septum. Retrospective review of the 26-weeks gestation fetal echocardiogram confirmed this diagnosis. Case 2 (a younger brother of the first case) was also diagnosed as having an aneurysm of the ventricular septum by fetal echocardiography at 28 weeks of gestation. Postnatal echocardiography confirmed this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sase
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kondou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal