ANEURYSMAL DILATATION OF THE LEFT AURICLE WITH EROSION OF THE SPINE

Abstract

Although aneurysmal dilatation of the left auricle, due to mitral stenosis, is not uncommon, the following case is unusual for the enlarged auricle eroded the vertebral column, causing severe pain in the right chest, and became adherent to the right chest wall, leading to systolic retraction in the right axilla.