title: Uncommon cause of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: case report and review of literature.
abstract: We report a case of an 18-year-old man without tuberculosis history who presented with chest distress, dyspnea, and fever. Chest computed tomography scan and echocardiography showed left ventricular posterior wall pseudoaneurysm and perforation. Unfortunately, the patient died shortly after surgery. On the basis of surgical pathology, we made a final diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis complicated with left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. This has not been reported before in the published literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sheng-Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Diao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed