Coil embolization of a left pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after penetrating injury.
OBJECTIVE
To report successful coil embolization of a rare traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm.


METHODS
A 57-year-old man developed a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm 14 days after he had been stabbed with a knife in the left lung. The pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed with contrast-enhanced computed tomography and confirmed by pulmonary arteriography. Coils were deployed in the feeding vessels to occlude the defect.


CONCLUSIONS
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after penetrating chest injury can be treated by percutaneous catheter embolization, which is less invasive than surgery.
de Jonge
Ingeborg
I
Departments of Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. iadejonge@hotmail.com
Vahl
Anco
A
van der Hulst
Victor
V
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*