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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:657-659
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Protruding Left Intercostal Mass After Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy

Giuseppe D’Ancona, MDa,*, Giuseppe Mamone, MDb, Gianluca Marrone, MDb, Francesco Pirone, MDa, Gianluca Santise, MDa, Sergio Sciacca, MDa, Michele Pilato, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy
b Department of Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo, Italy

Accepted for publication March 23, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr D’Ancona, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Via Tricomi 1, Palermo, 90127, Italy (Email: gdancona{at}ismett.edu).

In this report we summarize a case of myocardial infarction that developed an apical ventricular aneurysm, which was surgically removed to re-expand and reappear as a pulsating chest wall mass 16 years later.






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