MASSIVE DILATATION OF THE LEFT AURICLE: REPORT OF THREE CASES
Authors: Sol Sloan, R. C. Pollock, Jack Kirshbaum, Toby Freedman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954MASSIVE DILATATION OF THE LEFT AURICLE: REPORT OF THREE CASESSOL SLOAN, R. C. POLLOCK, M.D., JACK KIRSHBAUM, M.D., F.A.C.P., TOBY FREEDMANSOL SLOAN, R. C. POLLOCK, M.D., JACK KIRSHBAUM, M.D., F.A.C.P., TOBY FREEDMANAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-75 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of moderate dilatation of the left auricle in chronic rheumatic carditis and mitral valvulitis is a well known finding. However, extreme dilatation of either the left or the right auricular chamber is quite uncommon. Since the first clinical and pathologic description of enormous enlargement of the left auricle by Owen and Fenton in 1901,9less than 50 cases have been reported to date. These reports refer either to a tremendous symmetrical enlargement or to "aneurysmal dilatation" of the left auricle. 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