Mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysm: an unusual complication of ventriculo-atrial shunt.
A 23-year-old man with a previous ventriculo-atrial shunt for a pinealoma developed a febrile illness and heart murmur. The condition was thought to be caused by subacute bacterial endocarditis. Further investigation, however, revealed a mycotic left pulmonary artery aneurysm, which was treated by means of a left pneumonectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. Such an aneurysm represents yet another complication of ventriculo-atrial shunting for hydrocephalus.
Gelfand
Elliot T.
ET
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Callaghan
John C.
JC