Mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm.
We report a rare case of a mycotic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm that was detected on CT examination. The pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm appeared as a rapidly growing enhancing mass without a draining vein and with evidence of surrounding acute hemorrhage on CT.
Mody
Gita N
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Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. modyg@msnotes.wustl.edu
Lau
Christine L
CL
Bhalla
Sanjeev
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Picus
Dan
D
Ritter
Jon
J
McCardle
Tim
T
Patterson
G Alexander
GA
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed