Key result
Prenatal ultrasonography identifies a rare fetal LV aneurysm at 24 weeks gestation.
Case Report (n=1)
Early specific antenatal ultrasound diagnosis of rare fetal left ventricular aneurysms aids in prognostication and parental counseling.
May facilitate antenatal counseling in rare fetal LV aneurysm; leaves open generalizability and outcome impact beyond single cases.
Fetal cardiac anomalies involving the ventricular and atrial septa, outflow tracts, chambers, and valves are often encountered in routine screening. However, the prenatal detection of a fetal left ventricular aneurysm is rare. This report describes the case of a left ventricular aneurysm that was diagnosed at 24 weeks of gestation; the diagnosis was later confirmed by postnatal echocardiography. This case is reported because of its rarity and the characteristic echocardiographic findings. An early specific antenatal USG diagnosis helps in prognostication and in counseling of the parents.
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K Balakumar (2009) conducted a case report in Fetal left ventricular aneurysm (n=1). Prenatal ultrasonography was evaluated on Diagnosis confirmation by postnatal echocardiography. Prenatal ultrasonography successfully diagnosed a rare fetal left ventricular aneurysm at 24 weeks of gestation, which was later confirmed by postnatal echocardiography.
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