CASE REPORT

Left ventricular aneurysms developed in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Authors

Yoshinori Taniguchi¹, Susumu Nishiyama², Yasuhiko Yoshinaga², Shoji Miyawaki² and Kozo Hashimoto¹

1. Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku 783-8505, Japan
2. Rheumatic Disease Center, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, Japan

Received:

16 April 2007

Accepted:

18 June 2007

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Abstract

A 60-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis, lung fibrosis, and primary biliary cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital because of heart failure. Ventricular aneurysms were found in the apex and the posterior wall of the left ventricle by angiocardiography; however, there was no sign of coronary artery stenosis. A myocardial biopsy specimen revealed diffuse focal myocardial fibrosis. In this case, the patient with systemic sclerosis developed a rare complication of ventricular aneurysms without coronary disease.

Key words

Myocardial fibrosis - Systemic sclerosis