HUGE ANEURYSM OF T H E DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN CHILDHOOD: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
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Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is an open communication between the upper descending thoracic aorta and the proximal left pulmonary artery, which results from persistence of the fetal ductus arteriosus. It may be isolated or occur with other congenital cardiac anomalies. Aneurysms of the ductus arteriosus are rare lesions which may occur as a spontaneous. infantile fonn or occur in later childhood oradult life. About60cases of ductus aneurysm have been reported in infants less than two months old, and only about 40 cases have been reported so far in adults in the world literature. In this report, a case of huge aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus in a five year old child associated with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis is presented, the first case of this kind in the literature, Successful surgical correction was performed.
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volume 11 issue 1
pages 49- 52
publication date 1997-05
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