title: [A case of bronchial artery aneurysm communicating with pulmonary artery].
abstract: A 48-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on the chest rentogenogram detected by the regular health screening. A tumorous shadow about 10 mm in diameter existed in the right lower lobe on chest X-ray film. It was suggested that the tumor was receiving blood flow from the aortic system by IVDSA and dynamic CT, right bronchial angiogram demonstrated a dilatation and aneurysm formation associated with anastomosis of the pulmonary artery. Aneurysmectomy and right bronchial arterial ligation were performed, and no other complication was observed. Bronchial artery aneurysm is a rare disease, and 25 cases have been previously reported in the literature in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uehara
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography