title: Untreated idiopathic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery; long-term follow-up.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with an idiopathic aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery is presented. The aneurysm was stable over many decades. No such long-term follow-up of an idiopathic pulmonary aneurysm has been described previously. After 39 years there is no evidence of heart failure or pulmonary hypertension. Because corrective surgery has a variable outcome, and prognosis is suggested to be good in the idiopathic form of pulmonary aneurysm, no surgical correction was proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Sint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: van Rens
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Postmus
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Schramel
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed