title: Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension.
abstract: Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA), especially the peripheral type, is a rare disease. We report 2 cases of peripheral PAA with pulmonary artery hypertension. Complication associated with peripheral PAA was hemoptysis. Endovascular coil embolization was performed successfully in one patient. The other with peripheral PAA was died of massive hemoptysis. In patients with peripheral PAA, coil embolization is one therapeutic option. We summarized cases with peripheral PAA in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Onagawa Municipal Hospital, Miyagi. m-sakuma@atlas.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demachi
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: Minako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Shinko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D018450:Disease Progression; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed