title: An unusual cause for unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm.
abstract: Sinus of valsalva aneurysm is considered to be one of the rarest complications of inflammatory aortitis. Herewith, we are reporting a young male patient who presented to us with severe aortic regurgitation. On evaluation, he was found to have unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm. CT angiography and magnetic resonance imaging have shown value in the diagnosis of sinus of valsalva aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011, India. Electronic address: shunmuga_pgi@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Ponnusamy Shunmuga
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: Gadage Siddharth
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: Mukund A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: Sasidharan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bijulal
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanjay
authors.forename: K K Narayanan
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Namboodiri
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kapilamoorthy
authors.forename: Jaganmohan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tharakan
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aneurysm; Inflammatory aortitis; Sinus of valsalva