AUTHOR=Luo Yulan , Yuan Dou TITLE=Case Report: A giant right atrial appendage aneurysm in a child JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME=11 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1384972 DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2024.1384972 ISSN=2297-055X ABSTRACT=

Right atrial appendage aneurysm is an extremely rare cardiac anomaly. With unclear etiology, there is still no standard treatment method. Clinical symptoms and complications are important indicators for surgical resection. A 2-year-old boy without obvious cardiac symptoms was diagnosed with a giant right atrial outpouching arising from the right atrial appendage by computed tomography. The right atrial outpouching measured approximately 95 × 43 mm. Due to its large size and potential impact on function of right atrium and ventricle, the aneurysm was resected in surgery. During the surgery a 105 × 55 mm noncontractile cystic structure was found locating on the right anterior side of the right atrium. No other abnormalities like intracavity thrombus were detected. The patient was discharged five days after surgery. Postoperative recovery was uneventful.