Multiple pulmonary aneurysms secondary to Hughes-Stovin syndrome: demonstration by MR angiography.
We report a case of a 41-year-old patient with multiple pulmonary aneurysms secondary to Hughes-Stovin syndrome. Conventional pulmonary angiography could not be performed, because thrombus in both the inferior and superior vena cavae prevented catheter passage. Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) MR angiography (MRA) showed two segmental pulmonary aneurysms in the right lung. The affected segments of the lung were resected successfully, predicated on the MRA findings.
Balci
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Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7510, USA.
Semelka
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Noone
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Worawattanakul
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA