Taori K, Deshmukh A, Sanyal R, Saini T, Sheorain V, Rathod J
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College H, Nagpur, India.
Acta Radiol. 2006 Jul;47(6):559-61. doi: 10.1080/02841850600580309.
A left atrial aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly. The etiology is usually congenital, but it can also occur as an acquired pathology secondary to mitral valve disease or a degenerative process. We report a case which, on routine PA chest radiography, presented as cardiomegaly with a bulge on the left cardiac contour. Further evaluation by contrast-enhanced computed tomography proved it to be caused by a large left atrial aneurysm.
左心房瘤是一种罕见的心脏异常。其病因通常是先天性的,但也可能作为二尖瓣疾病或退行性病变继发的后天性病理状况出现。我们报告一例,该病例在常规胸部后前位X线片上表现为心脏增大,左心缘有一膨出。通过增强计算机断层扫描进一步评估证实其由一个巨大的左心房瘤所致。