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Levoatriocardinal vein (LACV) is characterized by an abnormal connection between pulmonary and systemic venous return. This extremely rare cardiac malformation is usually associated with left-sided obstructive lesions including mitral atresia, hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, and abnormal pulmonary venous connection. Patients may have low systemic cardiac output and pulmonary venous obstruction symptoms. In this manuscript, we report a case with LACV and normal pulmonary venous return with absence of any intracardiac pathology. LACV was demonstrated with echocardiography, angiography, and computed tomography. Surgical correction was made successfully.
ABSTRACT
A 26-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with chronic left ear drainage. He had a history of meningitis when he was a child. Computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bone showed complete obliteration of the otic labyrinth by sclerotic tissue. Based on CT findings, the patient was diagnosed as labyrinthitis ossificans. Computed tomography is an appropriate method of examination for the identification of labyrinthitis ossificans and is of particular importance for the evaluation of patients before cochlear implantation.
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Cochlear Diseases/diagnosis , Labyrinthitis/diagnosis , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/complications , Adult , Cochlear Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Cochlear Diseases/etiology , Cochlear Diseases/pathology , Cochlear Diseases/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Labyrinthitis/diagnostic imaging , Labyrinthitis/etiology , Labyrinthitis/pathology , Labyrinthitis/surgery , Male , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedSubject(s)
Cholecystectomy/adverse effects , Foreign-Body Reaction/diagnosis , Surgical Sponges/adverse effects , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Ultrasonography, Doppler , Abdominal Pain/diagnosis , Abdominal Pain/etiology , Cholecystectomy/methods , Cholelithiasis/diagnosis , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Diagnostic Imaging/methods , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Foreign-Body Reaction/surgery , Gossypium , Humans , Laparotomy , Middle Aged , Risk AssessmentABSTRACT
A case of left atrial appendage aneurysm is described in a 40-year-old man, who presented with recurrent embolic strokes and was asymptomatic until the last 6 months. Chest X-ray revealed a slightly prominent upper left heart border. The diagnosis was made by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and also by surgery.
