title: Congenital aneurysm of left atrial appendage: a case report.
abstract: Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage (LAA) is a very infrequent condition. We report a case of a two-year-old child with congenital aneurysm of the LAA with a large thrombus in it. He presented with an episode of seizures with left-sided hemiparesis. Diagnosis was based on transthoracic echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated by surgical resection of the aneurysm and removal of the thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Saket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pratap
authors.forename: Vishnu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Datt
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery