Beyond the echocardiography: infection-related pseudoaneurysm in a paediatric patient with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
A one-year-old boy with repaired tetralogy of Fallot presented with recurrent fever. Blood cultures grew Streptococcus mitis/oralis, but transthoracic echocardiography showed no infective endocarditis. Cardiac CT angiography revealed an occult right ventricular outflow tract pseudoaneurysm, which was surgically resected. This case highlights CT angiography as a critical diagnostic tool when echocardiography fails to identify infectious sources in CHD.
Authors
- Nurhayat Yakut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6383-0568)
- Muhammet Hamza Halil Toprak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-963X)
- Özge Kaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8381-3255)
- Kahraman Yakut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9221-5636)
- Burak Kocaağa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2062-705X)
- Ayşe Pervanlar Kakışım
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiology in the Young
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951126124044
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00