Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Mody, Gita N.; Lau, Christine L.; Bhalla, Sanjeev; Picus, Dan; Ritter, Jon H.; McCardle, Tim; Patterson, G. Alexander

doi:10.1097/01.rti.0000179473.54500.65

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“…These 2 entities are often grouped together because of their rarity. 7 Aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries can be because of congenital and acquired causes. Congenital causes are commonly associated with cardiovascular anomalies, especially patent ductus arteriosus.…”

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Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms of the Pulmonary Arteries Resolving With Conservative Management

Wilson

Tew

Taranath

2008

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

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Mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare but potentially fatal complications of infective endocarditis. Three mycotic aneurysms developed in a 22-year-old female patient who had a history of intravenous drug use. She suffered from Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia and infective endocarditis. The patient was managed conservatively with antibiotics. She did not have hemoptysis during a prolonged hospital stay. Several multislice computed tomography examinations were performed to follow these aneurysms over a period of 19 months. The 2 smaller aneurysms had resolved by 9 weeks postdevelopment. The largest aneurysm was stable at 9 weeks and was smaller at 19 months, but it had not yet completely resolved. The literature on this rare condition was reviewed and its prognosis and management were discussed.

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“…Peripheral MPAAs can be treated surgically by wedge resection or lobectomy. 1,7,11 Peripheral MPAAs can also be treated by interventional radiologic methods. Embolization can be performed using detachable balloons, coils, or glue.…”

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Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms of the Pulmonary Arteries Resolving With Conservative Management

Wilson

Tew

Taranath

2008

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

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“…Previous cases have been treated conservatively [9]. Other options include surgery [10] and, depending on the site of the aneurysm, radiological embolisation [11,12]. In this case, lifethreatening haemoptysis occurred presumably due to rupture of the pseudoaneurysm and treatment was considered mandatory.…”

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Fever and haemoptysis in an injecting drug user

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Rowland³

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European Respiratory Journal

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“…5). 16 In addition to pleural effusion and lung parenchymal necrosis, CR of pneumonia occasionally reveals hilar or mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Lymphadenopathy that is apparent on CR suggests an underlying neoplasm, sarcoidosis, or a short list of infectious agents that include primary tuberculosis, endemic fungal infections, tularemia, and anthrax.…”

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Imaging Infection

Ketai

Jordan

Busby

2015

Clinics in Chest Medicine

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Thoracic imaging is widely used to detect lower respiratory tract infections, identify their complications, and aid in differentiating infectious from noninfectious thoracic disease. Less commonly, the combination of imaging findings and a clinical setting can favor infection with a specific organism. This confluence can occur in cases of bronchiectatic nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in immune-competent hosts, invasive fungal disease among neutropenic patients, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with AIDS, and in cytomegalovirus infections in patients with recent hematopoietic cell transplantation. These specific diagnoses often depend on computed tomography scanning rather than chest radiography alone.

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Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Abstract: We report a rare case of a mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm that was detected on CT examination. The pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm appeared as a rapidly growing enhancing mass without a draining vein and with evidence of surrounding acute hemorrhage on CT.

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Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms of the Pulmonary Arteries Resolving With Conservative Management

Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms of the Pulmonary Arteries Resolving With Conservative Management

Fever and haemoptysis in an injecting drug user

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