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Successful surgery for a tuberculous left ventricular aneurysm in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Chapman W. Palweni ,
Jeffrey R. Harrisberg  and
Solomon E. Levin
Chapman W. Palweni
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Jeffrey R. Harrisberg
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Solomon E. Levin*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
*
Professor Solomon E Levin, Department of Paediatrics, Johannesburg Hospital, Private Bag X39, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa. Tel. 27(011)488-3191; Fax. 27(011)643-1612.
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Summary

An 18-month-old black child became ill one month prior to admission to our center. She was shown to be Mantoux positive, with evidence of cardiomegaly on x-ray. Echocardiography revealed a progressive enlarging left ventricular aneurysm—a finding confirmed at cardiac catheterization. She underwent successful resection of the aneurysm. Histology proved it to be tuberculous in origin. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient reported with such an aneurysm, and the first to have survived surgical correction.

Keywords

Left ventricular aneurysmtuberculosissurgery
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 399 - 401
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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