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BACKGROUND: Takayasu arteritis and tuberculous aortitis, both can result in aneurysmal disease of the aorta. The overlapping imaging features in case of large vessel vasculitis can create a diagnostic dilemma. AIM: We present a case of large vessel vasculitis and chronic empyema with unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 30-year-old man presented with acute onset shortness of breath, palpitations, and gradually progressing pedal edema. The echocardiography and CT angiogram revealed features of large vessel vasculitis and chronic empyema along with unruptured sinus of valsava aneurysms. Patient underwent emergency Bentall procedure and the histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of takayasu arteritis. DISCUSSION: Tuberculosis being an endemic disease with varied presentations should always be considered a differential diagnosis, whenever appropriate. An unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysm can be clinically silent or can cause compression symptoms. Although there are no specific guidelines regarding surgical correction, symptomatic and aneurysms of size >5.5cm are usually managed surgically. CONCLUSION: Unruptured sinus of valsalva aneurysms can be seen in Takayasu arteritis, which complicates the methodology and timing of the surgical management.
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Aortic Aneurysm , Aortitis , Sinus of Valsalva , Takayasu Arteritis , Adult , Aortic Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging , Aortic Aneurysm/surgery , Echocardiography , Humans , Male , Sinus of Valsalva/diagnostic imaging , Sinus of Valsalva/surgery , Takayasu Arteritis/complications , Takayasu Arteritis/diagnosis , Takayasu Arteritis/surgeryABSTRACT
We report a case of a 9-month-old boy with supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection showing a small aberrant vessel arising from the right pulmonary artery and traversing below the left main bronchus to supply the anteromedial segment of the left lower lobe.
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Heart Defects, Congenital , Scimitar Syndrome , Humans , Infant , Lung , Male , Pulmonary Artery/diagnostic imaging , Pulmonary Artery/surgery , TracheaABSTRACT
The superior-inferior ventricle is a rare anomaly with the unknown incidence owing to less number of reported cases. However, one of the studies has reported this incidence to be <0.1% of all congenital heart diseases. This has a characteristic imaging appearance with horizontal interventricular septum. Most of the previous reports of superior-inferior ventricles have been described on echo, catheter angiography and only a few with cross-sectional imaging. We report two cases of superior-inferior ventricles associated with complex congenital cardiac defects on dual-source CT.
