title: Pulmonary artery aneurysms developed in a family.
abstract: Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare condition, and its pathogenesis and clinical significance are not clearly understood. Although reports of this condition have increased, PAAs developed in a family have never been reported. We describe PAA associated with atrial septal defect in a mother and daughter. A PAA in the mother was treated by pulmonary root replacement with a Freestyle aortic root bioprosthesis. A PAA in the daughter has been followed up because of a small shunt through the defect. In addition to the increased pulmonary blood flow, congenital weakness of the PA wall must have contributed to development of PAAs in our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. aoyagi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaseya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokose
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed