Pulmonary artery rupture in pregnancy complicating patent ductus arteriosus.
Fatal haemopericardium in a 27 year old pregnant woman was caused by rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. She had an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus and severe pulmonary hypertension. The wall of the pulmonary artery showed atherosclerosis and cystic medionecrosis.
Green
N J
NJ
Department of Pathology, Birmingham Maternity Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston.
Rollason
T P
TP
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology