Endovascular Treatment for Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm

Parakh, Rajiv; Gupta, Kapil; Yadav, Ajay; Grover, Tarun; Satwik, Ambarish; Agarwal, Sandeep

doi:10.2310/6670.2009.00056

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“…Coils, glue, occluder plugs and covered stents have all been used in the pulmonary tree successfully; the choice of embolic agent however is highly dependent on the number, size and location of the lesion(s). [12][13][14] The mortality associated with surgical or conservative management of PA aneurysms is known to be high. Complications secondary to embolisation are thought to be less frequent, and include contrast-induced nephropathy, arterial dissection and pulmonary infarction.…”

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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Caused by Aspergillus Pneumonia Presenting as an Endobronchial Mass Lesion

Cooper¹,

Bera

Sherman

et al. 2013

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

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We present a case of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PA aneurysm) following Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia treated by coil embolisation. Although rare, PA aneurysms have a high mortality rate with a large proportion of the cases reported being found at post-mortem examination. Aspergillus infection is known to result in aneurysms in immunocompromised patients and in patients with infective endocarditis. The case we report is unusual in that the patient was not obviously immunocompromised, and initially presented with a different pathology. Treatment by endovascular coil embolisation was successfully employed in this instance, allowing the patient to be weaned from ventilatory support. Although this is an unusual complication of Aspergillus pneumonia, the identification and successful treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysms requires a high-index of suspicion.

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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Caused by Aspergillus Pneumonia Presenting as an Endobronchial Mass Lesion

Cooper¹,

Bera

Sherman

et al. 2013

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

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“…Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare entity constituting about 1% of all intrathoracic aneurysms [1] . The peripheral PAA is even less common (11%) [2] .…”

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