Key result
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography successfully diagnosed a giant congenital intrapericardial left atrial aneurysm in a patient presenting with cardiomegaly on routine chest radiography.
Case Report (n=1)
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography is an effective imaging modality for evaluating unexplained cardiomegaly and diagnosing rare cardiac anomalies such as left atrial aneurysms.
Consider left atrial aneurysm in unexplained left cardiac contour bulge; leaves open optimal diagnostic pathways for this rare entity.
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.
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Taori et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Left atrial aneurysm (n=1). Contrast-enhanced computed tomography was evaluated. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography successfully diagnosed a giant congenital intrapericardial left atrial aneurysm in a patient presenting with cardiomegaly on routine chest radiography.
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