Idiopathic right pulmonary artery aneurysm with pulmonary valve insufficiency
✍ Scribed by Onorato, Eustaquio ;Festa, Pierluigi ;Bourlon, François ;Yves, Lecompte ;Ballerini, Luigi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
A case of idiopathic right pulmonary artery aneurysm with pulmonary valve insufficiency simulating a mediastinal teratoma occurred in an asymptomatic 13-year-old boy. The key to correct diagnosis was pulmonary angiography. The patient was successfully treated with surgery.
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