Dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery.
Dissecting aneurysm of the aorta is often seen; similar changes in the pulmonary artery are rare. In the German literature they are unknown. 11 previously described cases have been compiled with their clinical and pathological records, and a new added. The patient, a 45 year old woman, suffered from pulmonary hypertension which resulted in medionecrosis and a large aneurysm of the trunk of the pulmonary artery. She died of haemopericardium after rupture of the artery in two stages, with a tear of 8 cm in the trunk which reached to the bifurcation of the vessel.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery