Self-resolving pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

Lazic, Stefan; Rhodes, Anita; Zeller, Constanze; Mahendran, Siva

doi:10.1136/bcr-2019-232527

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“…Conservative treatment is mainly applied to non-urgent, asymptomatic cases and may be inadequate in preventing growth or rupture in complex cases (1). In addition, smaller pseudoaneurysms tend to heal by fibrosis on their own (12), and conservative management has been reported to be successful in such cases (3,4,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Systemic hemostatic agents may also be effective in decreasing the severity of hemoptysis and possibly reducing the in-hospital mortality of patients with hemoptysis (21,22).…”

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Infectious Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm That Resolved with Conservative Treatment

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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPs) are rare but can cause massive hemoptysis if they rupture. Infectious PAPs are often treated by surgery or transcatheter embolization and are rarely treated conservatively with antibiotics. We herein report a case of PAP treated conservatively in a 21-year-old woman with lung abscess. Except for one massive hemoptysis early in the course, the patient responded well to the empirical therapy with ampicillin/sulbactam and systemic hemostatic agents. After six weeks of antibiotics, the pseudoaneurysm disappeared. Conservative therapy with careful observation can be considered in small infectious PAPs when there is a good clinical response to initial conservative therapy.

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Infectious Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm That Resolved with Conservative Treatment

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Bronchial embolisation for infected pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms causing haemoptysis

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Wu,

Wang

et al. 2024

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Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysms Embolization: Bicentric Experience and Review of the Literature

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Curti

et al. 2023

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The purpose of this bicentric case series was to report the safety, efficacy, and clinical outcome of transcatheter embolization in pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPAs). Between January 2016 and June 2021, eight patients with PAPA were subjected to transcatheter embolization. The total number of patients was eight, of which five were female, with a mean age of 62 ± 14 years (average ± standard deviation). Etiology was traumatic in 2/8 cases and iatrogenic in 6/8 cases (after positioning a Swan-Ganz catheter in 5/6 cases and a temporary pacemaker in the latter case). In a single case, the PAPA was incidentally discovered during a routine X-ray, in the remaining 7 cases, the procedure was performed in emergency settings. PAPA embolization was performed using detachable coils alone in 3 cases; coils and glue in 1 case; coils, glue, and vascular plug in 1 case; coils and non-adhesive liquid embolic agents (Onyx and Squid respectively) in 2 cases; and non-adhesive liquid embolic agent alone (Onyx) in 1 case. No peri-procedural or post-procedural complications were recorded. Both the technical and clinical success rates were 100.0%. In conclusion, endovascular embolization is a technically feasible and safe therapeutic option for patients with PAPAs.

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Self-resolving pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Infectious Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm That Resolved with Conservative Treatment

Infectious Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm That Resolved with Conservative Treatment

Bronchial embolisation for infected pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms causing haemoptysis

Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysms Embolization: Bicentric Experience and Review of the Literature

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