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Giant coronary artery aneurysm: an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass (2008: 9b)

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A rare case of giant coronary artery aneurysm related to an episode of blackout is presented. The aneurysm projected as a para-cardiac mass on the chest X-ray. The echocardiographic, MDCT and coronary angiography appearances of this rare condition are demonstrated, and we discuss the differential diagnoses of right para-cardiac masses.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

    Paraskevi A. Vlachou, Kevin Mulcahy & William Adair

  2. Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK

    Paraskevi A. Vlachou

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Vlachou, P.A., Mulcahy, K. & Adair, W. Giant coronary artery aneurysm: an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass (2008: 9b). Eur Radiol 18, 3007–3009 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-008-1010-1

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