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. 1990 Mar;63(3):183–185. doi: 10.1136/hrt.63.3.183

Thrombosed saccular aneurysm of a sinus of Valsalva: unusual cause of a mediastinal mass.

P G Reid 1, J A Goudevenos 1, C J Hilton 1
PMCID: PMC1024401  PMID: 2328171

Abstract

A 33 year old man presented with a short history of slight fever and chest pain that was worse on inspiration. An electrocardiogram was consistent with pericarditis. Chest radiography, echocardiography, and computed tomography suggested the presence of a mediastinal tumour. At operation the mass was found to be attached to the right sinus of Valsalva and proved to be a large saccular aneurysm full of laminated thrombus.

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