Acquired pulmonary artery aneurysm in an infant.
An aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery developed in an infant during a staphylococcal generalized infection. The successful surgical treatment required a left pneumonectomy. In this report the causes of that rare lesion and the prognosis of pneumonectomy in infancy are reviewed.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*