title: Huge left ventricular pseudoaneurysm rupture in an African young adult patient.
abstract: A pseudoaneurysm of the ventricle is formed when there is rupture of the myocardial wall with the discontinuity being roofed over by the pericardium and mural thrombus or fibrous tissue without myocardial elements. Cardiac pseudoaneurysm is a rare and a potentially life-threatening event. Early prophylactic surgical aneurysmectomy has been the treatment of choice. In this context, we report an unusual case of giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, as a result of unknown aetiology, appearing like a pulsatile mass, which was easily seen from the chest wall, in a young female, successfully treated with surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital and University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: di Summa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital and University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya federicaiezzi@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iezzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital and University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oburu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Kenyatta National Hospital and University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Nikita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D044383:Black People; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm; Surgical correction; Young patient