This case highlights a rare, previously unreported association between nonapical left ventricular diverticulum and left ventricular noncompaction.
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Alerts clinicians to screen for noncompaction with nonapical diverticula; hypothesis-generating association requiring confirmation in larger cohorts.
A previously healthy 16-year-old girl presented with history of fever of 3 months duration without any significant clinical finding on examination. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed moderate pericardial effusion and later diagnosed as tubercular in etiology. Besides, TTE also showed an incidental finding of large left ventricular (LV) diverticulum in submitral region along the postero-basal segment and left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). Nonapical LV diverticulum is a rare variant of this uncommon congenital condition and its association with LVNC has not been reported in literature. Patient was discharged on antitubercular therapy for pericardial effusion and advised for 6 monthly follow-up for diverticulum.
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