Aneurysm of the ductus diverticulum in adults: the diagnostic value of three-dimensional computed tomographic scanning.
Ductus arteriosus aneurysm is rare in adults and preoperative diagnosis has not been usually done. We report 2 cases of adult type ductus arteriosus aneurysm. In both cases, 3D computed tomographic scanning showed a saccular aneurysm originating from the distal aortic arch toward the left pulmonary artery, which had a notching in the orifice of the aortic side. They were successfully treated surgically though one was a ruptured aneurysm to the left pulmonary artery. In these cases, 3D-CT scan was of great value in the preoperative diagnosis of the ductus arteriosus aneurysm.
Sugimoto
Tsutomu
T
Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Takahashi
Toshiki
T
Inui
Kiyoshige
K
Minowa
Takashi
T
Watanabe
Takao
T
Shimazaki
Yasuhisa
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*