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Left ventricular "diverticulum" in a patient affected by galactosialidosis.

ABSTRACT: We present the case of a 35-year-old man affected by the late juvenile form of galactosialidosis. He was known for a moderate pericardial effusion which remained unchanged in the last 12 months. Last follow-up transthoracic echocardiographic examination showed a bulging of the posterior and lateral wall of the left ventricle. This finding has never been described before in galactosialidosis.

SUBMITTER: Durante A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3123831 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Left ventricular "diverticulum" in a patient affected by galactosialidosis.

Durante Alessandro A Traini Mariaemilia M Spoladore Roberto R

Case reports in medicine 20110626

We present the case of a 35-year-old man affected by the late juvenile form of galactosialidosis. He was known for a moderate pericardial effusion which remained unchanged in the last 12 months. Last follow-up transthoracic echocardiographic examination showed a bulging of the posterior and lateral wall of the left ventricle. This finding has never been described before in galactosialidosis. ...[more]

PMID: 21738533

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