Open AccessTransoesophageal Echocardiographic Visualization of Renal Cyst Mimicking Aortic Aneurysm
Author(s) -
Antonio Vitarelli
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1053/euje.2001.0109
Subject(s) - medicine , ectasia , cardiology , radiology , aortic aneurysm , aneurysm
We report a tricky case of a 63-year-old man with previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery in whom transoesophageal echocardiography revealed a voluminous echolucent cavity simulating aortic ectasia but that proved to be of nephrogenic origin.
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