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Giant coronary artery aneurysm masquerading as an anterior mediastinal mass

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Coronary artery aneurysms are exceedingly rare and tend to be found incidentally on angiography. We present the case of a 6 cm giant coronary artery aneurysm discovered in a 25 year old man. Subsequent workup included cardiac-gated MRI, CT angiography, and left heart catheterization. Imaging revealed a 6.7 × 6.2 × 6.0 cm aneurysm involving the mid LAD subsequent to the takeoff of a large septal perforator. The patient was taken electively for operative repair during which the aneurysm was opened, unroofed, and ligated at the ostium while taking care to ensuring normal flow in the septal perforator that supplied multiple small collaterals. In this unique case, a coronary artery aneurysm of considerable size was encountered in the LAD of a healthy young adult in which the size of the aneurysm precluded distal revascularization via bypass grafting. Multiple imaging modalities were used to characterize this finding and aid in surgical planning.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, Ste C800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Rachel Deitz & Leonid Emerel

  2. Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Olugbenga Okusanya

  3. Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Arman Kilic & Ibrahim Sultan

  4. Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Ibrahim Sultan

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Deitz, R., Okusanya, O., Kilic, A. et al. Giant coronary artery aneurysm masquerading as an anterior mediastinal mass. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 69, 534–537 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-020-01473-5

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