Ruptured mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm in an infant: transcatheter embolization and CT assessment.
Mycotic pseudoaneurysim of the pulmonary artery that ruptures during necrotizing pneumonia is a rare entity that is often fatal. Traditionally it has been treated with open thoracotomy and resection of both the aneurysm and the lobe in which the aneurysm is located. In this report, we describe the radiological findings and transcatheter coil embolization of a mycotic pulmonary pseudoaneurysm in a 6-month-old female infant. We also describe the subsequent morphologic changes observed on follow-up computed tomography after 9 months of embolization.
Deshmukh
Hemant
H
Department of Radiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Rathod
Krantikumar
K
Garg
Ashwin
A
Sheth
Rahul
R
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed