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  • Title: "When Aneurysm Ain't Aneurysm": sinus of Valsalva aneurysm mimicked by healed abscess cavity under the aortic valve.
    Author: Emmert MY, Salzberg SP, Plass A, Behjati S, Felix C, Falk V, Siclari F, Gruenenfelder J.
    Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2009 Sep; 57(6):367-8. PubMed ID: 19707982.
    Abstract:
    In a 70-year-old patient with severe aortic valve stenosis, preoperative standard imaging (transthoracic echocardiography and angiography) detected an unclear subannular cavity structure. Initially interpreted as an aneurysm of Valsalva, the structure was identified intraoperatively as a huge chronic abscess cavity and exclusion was carried out by pericardial patch plasty. This case draws attention to the importance of a differential diagnosis of an abscess due to infective endocarditis in cases of unclear subannular structures rashly diagnosed as aneurysm of Valsalva.
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