Posttraumatic ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a 7-year-old child diagnosed with multidetector CT of the chest: a case report

Diana Palacio; Leonard Swischuk; Dai Chung; Sandra Parada

doi:10.1007/s10140-007-0622-0

Posttraumatic ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a 7-year-old child diagnosed with multidetector CT of the chest: a case report

Emerg Radiol. 2007 Nov;14(6):431-3. doi: 10.1007/s10140-007-0622-0. Epub 2007 Jun 16.

Authors

Diana Palacio¹, Leonard Swischuk, Dai Chung, Sandra Parada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA. dmpalaci@utmb.edu

PMID: 17574483
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0622-0

Abstract

We report the CT findings on a 7-year-old male who developed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm involving the anterior septal left ventricular wall after blunt chest trauma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Child
Contrast Media
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery

Substances

Contrast Media