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. 2020 Sep;36(5):523-524.
doi: 10.6515/ACS.202009_36(5).20200626A.

A Huge and Asymptomatic Aortic Aneurysm Mimicking Intra-Cardiac Tumor

Nan-Chun Wu  1   2 , Jhih-Yuan Shih  3 , Zhih-Cherng Chen  2   3 , Bor-Chih Cheng  1   4 , Wei-Ting Chang  3   4
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A Huge and Asymptomatic Aortic Aneurysm Mimicking Intra-Cardiac Tumor

Nan-Chun Wu et al. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2020 Sep.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) The transthoracic echocardiography representing a huge mass (arrow) locating at the right atrium with heterogenous characteristics; (B) The initial chest computed tomography indicating an intra-cardiac tumor (arrow); (C) The following transthoracic echocardiography indicating the resolution of the intra-cardiac mass to a hypoechogenous cavity with a shunting flow from the aorta; (D) An emergent multidetector computed tomography revealing a huge protruding aortic aneurysm origin from the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) A huge aortic aneurysm in a surgical window; (B) Post a Bentall procedure and coronary graft bypass; (C) The histology also displaying no evidence of malignancy but an aortic aneurysm with calcification.
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