[Rare cause of a left ventricular aneurysm in a 10-year-old boy].

: A 3-year-old boy had an accident with a blunt chest trauma, 9 years later a left ventricular aneurysm was diagnosed by echocardiography and angiography. The 12-year-old-boy was operated successfully. The pathogenesis of cardiac lesions in association with blunt chest traumas is described, and frequent control examinations in the affected patients are recommended.