ABSTRACT
Left atrial and dural calcification in chronic renal failure is very rare. Massive atrial calcification can lead to arrhythmia and diagnosis of this condition is important to take prophylactic measures in dialysis patients. Noninvasive diagnosis of left atrial calcification is also important as it can complicate valvular surgery. We report on a patient with chronic renal failure presenting with arrhythmia in whom left atrial calcification involving interatrial septum is diagnosed by thorax CT examination.
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Atrial Flutter/etiology , Calcinosis/etiology , Cardiomyopathies/etiology , Central Nervous System Diseases/etiology , Dura Mater/pathology , Heart Atria/pathology , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Pulmonary Veins/pathology , Vascular Diseases/etiology , Adult , Echocardiography, Transesophageal , Heart Septum/pathology , Heart Valve Diseases/etiology , Humans , Male , Mitral Valve/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We report a child with a giant upper cervical internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with dysphagia, respiratory distress and a sentinel mild epistaxis, then massive epistaxis. Rupture of the pseudoaneurysm during treatment occurred, as in one reported case. Prompt endovascular treatment yielded a good outcome.
