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Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare entity. Etiologies of these findings are multiple, but they are exceptionally associated with Fallot's Tetralogy. In this study, we present an unusual case of an important aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery associated with Fallot's Tet...

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Autores principales: Afrikh, Kawtar, Hattach, Loua, Fellat, Nadia, El Bakkali, Mustapha, Benjelloun, Halima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384905
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author Afrikh, Kawtar
Hattach, Loua
Fellat, Nadia
El Bakkali, Mustapha
Benjelloun, Halima
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Hattach, Loua
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description INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare entity. Etiologies of these findings are multiple, but they are exceptionally associated with Fallot's Tetralogy. In this study, we present an unusual case of an important aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery associated with Fallot's Tetralogy disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old woman has been admitted for dyspnea and cyanosis. The data which had been obtained from echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and angio-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested the existence of an important aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery associated with a regular Fallot's disease with a pulmonic stenosis. We have noticed the presence of a small restrictive patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Therefore, the patient was referred to surgical correction. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary artery aneurysms associated with Fallot's Tetralogy are rarely reported. The natural history of these rare arterial aneurysms has to be clarified.
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spelling pubmed-54583642017-06-13 Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy Afrikh, Kawtar Hattach, Loua Fellat, Nadia El Bakkali, Mustapha Benjelloun, Halima Case Rep Cardiol Case Report INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare entity. Etiologies of these findings are multiple, but they are exceptionally associated with Fallot's Tetralogy. In this study, we present an unusual case of an important aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery associated with Fallot's Tetralogy disease. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old woman has been admitted for dyspnea and cyanosis. The data which had been obtained from echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and angio-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested the existence of an important aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery associated with a regular Fallot's disease with a pulmonic stenosis. We have noticed the presence of a small restrictive patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Therefore, the patient was referred to surgical correction. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary artery aneurysms associated with Fallot's Tetralogy are rarely reported. The natural history of these rare arterial aneurysms has to be clarified. Hindawi 2017 2017-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5458364/ /pubmed/28611926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384905 Text en Copyright © 2017 Kawtar Afrikh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Afrikh, Kawtar
Hattach, Loua
Fellat, Nadia
El Bakkali, Mustapha
Benjelloun, Halima
Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title_full Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title_fullStr Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title_full_unstemmed Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title_short Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery in Fallot's Tetralogy
title_sort aneurysm of the pulmonary artery in fallot's tetralogy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5458364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1384905
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