An abnormal, convex systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, somewhat similar to that seen in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy) and occasionally in atrial septal defect, was found on the echocardiogram in 8 out of 9 patients with angiographically (7 patients) and/or clinically (2 patients) diagnosed left ventricular aneurysm secondary to m...

Chylothorax is an uncommon condition, usually associated with advanced malignant disease or trauma to the thoracic duct. Idiopathic chylothorax and other diverse causes have been anecdotally reported. We describe a rare case of chylothorax, developing as a result of damage to the thoracic duct by a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Tetracycline pleurodesis was successful in controlling the chylous effu...

Two cases of chronic coronary periarteritis associated with chronic periaortitis are described. In one, the chronic periaortitis took the form of perianeurysmal fibrosis around a thoracic atherosclerotic aneurysm; in the other it resembled idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. The findings in the two subjects support the unifying concept of chronic periaortitis, to include conditions previously ...

Chronic periaortitis represents a unique pathogenic concept for three entities: Inflammatory Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis and Perianeurysmal Retroperitoneal Fibrosis. The fundamental meaning of an inflammatory reaction to advanced atherosclerosis has been developed on the bottom of clinical and histological features. The triad of abdominal pain, weight loss and...

even in that cases, the basal portion of the muscular IVS is spared. Our patient had a well defined aneurysm of the basal IVS which was contractile in nature. The mechanism behind the development of aneurysm in our case might be the eccentric jet of mitral stenosis constantly striking the basal IVS region. Aneurysmal deformity of the basal IVS secondary to impinging turbulent transprosthetic ec...

Idiopathic true aneurysm of the distal radial artery is a rare disease with only few reported cases. Most patients were treated surgically proximal and arterial ligatures, while there are reports 7 cases where revascularization procedures performed. We present case 66-year-old man pulsatile mass in right forearm at location artery. Six months preceding presentation, patient had first noticed tu...

OBJECTIVE Behcet's is an idiopathic multi-organ syndrome, which may have onset during childhood. Vascular involvement is uncommon, with rarely reported coronary aneurysm formation. We present a case report of a teenager girl who developed recalcitrant life-threatening Behcet's vasculitis, involving both small and large venous and arterial systems including a giant coronary aneurysm. CASE REPO...

Aneurysm of the cystic artery is not common, and it is a rare cause of hemobilia. Most of reported cases are pseudoaneurysms resulting from either an inflammatory process in the abdomen or abdominal trauma. We report a healthy individual who developed hemobilia associated with cystic artery aneurysm. The patient was managed with cholecystectomy and concomitant aneurysm repair. Visceral artery a...

Non-traumatic aneurysms ofthe subclavian artery are rare. The reported cases have been due to compression from cervical ribs (Steinberg, 1964), syphilis (Muller, 1935; Daniel, 1951), atherosclerosis (McCallen and Schaff, 1956; Richards and Elliott, 1957; Bjork, 1965), contiguous tuberculous lesions (Moloney, 1955; Hara and Bransford, 1963), and congenital defects in the arterial wall (Perry and...

6. Araujo I, Escribano P, Lopez-Gude MJ, et al. Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm in a patient with vasoreactive pulmonary hypertension: a case report. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011;11:1--5. 7. Abdel-Rauf Z, Abdulhamid G. Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm detected with multidetector computed tomography: a rare but potentially lethal vascular abnormality. IMAJ. 2011;13:581--2. 8. Shankarappa RK, ...