Traumatic Aneurysm Involving Left Ventricle and Descending Thoracic Aorta / 대한흉부외과학회지

Traumatic aneurysm of both the thoracic aorta and the left ventricle are extremely rare in children because it is characterized by high mortality. We report a case which we experi- enced recently with sucessful outcome. A Five-year-old boy had a blunt trauma by bongo bus. He had pulmonary hemorrage and pericardial effusion complicated by multiorgan failure threatening his life. Aneurysm of LV and Descending aorta were showed by 2-D echocardiogram and MRI. The patient underwent successful corrective surgery 2 and half momths after trauma, the postoperative status of this patient was uneventful, now he is being followed up the OPD.