Transcatheter embolization of pulmonary artery false aneurysm associated with primary pulmonary hypertension.
A 29-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension presented with recurrent hemoptysis. Contrast-enhanced CT of the chest demonstrated the enhanced mass surrounded by consolidation related to parenchymal hemorrhage. Pulmonary angiography suggested that the mass was a pulmonary artery false aneurysm. After a microcatheter was superselectively inserted into the parent artery of the false aneurysm, the false aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter embolization with coils. Her hemoptysis has never recurred.
Hiraki
T
T
Department of the Radiology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. radiol@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Kanazawa
S
S
Mimura
H
H
Yasui
K
K
Okumura
Y
Y
Dendo
S
S
Yoshimura
K
K
Takahara
M
M
Hiraki
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed