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Giant left atrial appendage aneurysm with radiology: case report and literature

SUMMARY

We report a extremely rare case of 16-year-old boy with a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm. Patient‘s symptoms are dyspnea and atrial tachyarrhythmia. The exact diagnosis is make by chest X-ray, echocardiography (transthoracic and transoesophageal), magnetic resonance imaging, and multislice computer tomographic angiography. The patient was successfully treated with surgical resection of the aneurysm. For its rarity, this case is reported and review about literature of aneurysm of left atrial appendage. Because of dangerous of atrial aneurysm (dangerous fifth chamber cardiac) with supraventricular arrhythmias and systemic thromboembolism, surgical resection is the best method to avoid further complication and recurrence.

Key word: Giant left atrial aneurysm.