Silent Patent Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm

AUTOR(ES)

Botta, Aline Medeiros, Aquino, Flávio, Pereira, Carla, Fin, Alberto, Nogueira, Aldemir, Ricachinewsky, Cláudia, Lucchese, Fernando, Molossi, Silvana

FONTE

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002-09

RESUMO

Ductus arteriosus aneurysm, a rare and potentially fatal condition, has been reported as a complication after surgical ductus arteriosus closure. Its spontaneous appearance as a septic complication, which was common in the presurgical and preantibiotic era, has been rarely reported in the contemporary literature. Persistence of silent ductus arteriosus in healthy children and adults is a frequent condition that currently has an increasing diagnostic possibility due to the availability of more accurate investigative methods, especially echocardiography. We report the case of a 1-year-old child, in whom no previous heart disease was known, who developed a giant aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus during a staphylococcal infection. This complication appeared after craniotomy for emptying an accidental subdural hematoma. This report associates the persistence of ductus arteriosus with a complication considered rare, which has a rapidly fatal evolution.

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