congenital saccular aneurysm of coarctation of aorta: a case report

Congenital Saccular Aneurysm of Coarctation of Aorta: A Case Report

True saccular aneurysm is exceptional in coarctation of aorta in children. A 6-year-old girl with headache and systemic arterial hypertension referred to our center for cardiovascular evaluation. Physical examination revealed high blood pressure and weak lower extremity pulses. Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography and angiography demonstrated a saccular aneurysm of the descending aorta,...

Saccular aneurysm formation of the descending aorta associated with aortic coarctation in an infant

Aneurysm of the descending aorta associated with CoA is an extremely rare congenital abnormality. In this report, we present a 16 months old female patient in whom cardiac catheterization had been performed which had revealed a segment of coarctation and saccular aneurysm in the descending aorta. The patient was operated and a 3x2 centimeters aneurysm which embraces the coarcted segment in desc...

Case report: successful endovascular treatment of saccular thoracic aneurysm with "shaggy aorta".

A 68 year old man was admitted to our hospital with dysphagia and back pain. Contrasted computed tomography showed "Shaggy aorta" forming a saccular descending aortic aneurysm with edematous esophagus. Low density area in the intramuscular layer of the esophagus suggested the possibility of connection between the esophagus and the aneurysm. The patient underwent endovascular treatment of the an...

Basal rupture of saccular aneurysm. A pathological case report.

In a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the arteries of the circle of Willis were left undisturbed and undissected at postmortem examination. A block of frontal lobe tissue with the attached vessels was serially sectioned disclosing in its entirety a saccular aneurysm that had ruptured at the base rather than the dome. The histology of the hemostatic process was clearly depicted.

Saccular Aneurysm of the External Jugular Vein: A Case Report

Saccular aneurysm of the external jugular vein presenting as a neck mass is very rare. We report the surgical treatment of an external jugular venous aneurysm in a 48-year-old female patient due to the cosmetic problem of neck engorgement, concomitant with thyroidectomy for cancer.

Coarctation of the aorta with cerebral aneurysm.