title: Multiple pulmonary-artery aneurysms due to mucoid vasculopathy--angiographic and histological observations.
abstract: Multiple peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms were diagnosed by computed tomography and confirmed angiographically in a 7-year-old boy. On histological examination unusual mucoid vasculopathic changes were noted in the pulmonary artery aneurysms and pulmonary vasculature as a part of systemic vascular involvement. This case demonstrates a new association between mucoid vasculopathic changes and pulmonary aneurysms. Mucoid vasculopathy could represent one more disorder having a causative role in the etiology of intrapulmonary arterial aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sandhyamani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ravimandalam
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Neelakandhan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unni
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009083:Mucopolysaccharidoses / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography