Giant coronary aneurysm presenting as a cardiac mass on transthoracic echocardiogram

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 20:2014:bcr2013202536. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202536.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease and previous stent implantation in the right coronary artery (RCA) was found to have a large well-encapsulated mass attached to the right atrium on a routine transthoracic echocardiogram. Subsequent investigations including transoesophageal echocardiography and CT coronary angiogram suggested an RCA aneurysm formation in relation to the prior stented segment, further confirming on coronary angiogram a large ectatic vessel with a giant aneurysm measuring 2.4×2.7 cm. Giant coronary artery aneurysms are rare and here we present interesting images of a case initially picked up on transthoracic echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed