Protruding left intercostal mass after left ventricular aneurysmectomy.
In this report we summarize a case of myocardial infarction that developed an apical ventricular aneurysm, which was surgically removed to re-expand and reappear as a pulsating chest wall mass 16 years later.
D'Ancona
Giuseppe
G
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy. gdancona@ismett.edu
Mamone
Giuseppe
G
Marrone
Gianluca
G
Pirone
Francesco
F
Santise
Gianluca
G
Sciacca
Sergio
S
Pilato
Michele
M
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002637:Chest Pain; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000601:surgery*