Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm associated with pleural telangiectasis and tortuous portal obstruction: report of a case.
A 25-year-old woman presenting with an emergent condition of massive hemothorax due to a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization. She had previously undergone portosystemic shunt splenopneumopexy for hepatic portal hypertension at 6 years of age. When undergoing right thoracotomy for the removal of a clot, a prominent telangiectasis on the pleural surface was noted. The lesion appeared to be a rare systemic vascular abnormality although this could not be confirmed.
Ishizaki
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Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Shimokawa
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Tanaka
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K
Taira
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A
Onohara
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S
Tabata
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M
Sakoda
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K
D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D010994:Pleura / Q000098:blood supply*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*