title: An unruptured, thrombosed 10 cm right coronary artery aneurysm mimicking a pericardial cyst.
abstract: Giant coronary artery aneurysms are a rare and potentially life-threatening condition. A 47 year old male presented with a progressive 6 month history of dyspnea and acute right sided chest pain. During the patients work-up, a 10 cm × 10 cm right coronary artery aneurysm was discovered on CT scan and confirmed by cardiac catheterization. The patient was emergently taken to the operating room for aneurysmal resection with placement of a greater saphenous vein bypass graft. There were no post-operative complications and the etiology of this patient's aneurysm was determined to be a congenital ectatic dilation of his right coronary artery. The patient is doing well at 2 years of clinical follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. achauhan1000@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aakash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Harsha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Musunuru
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hallett
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Szabolcs
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Halloran
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed