Idiopathic asymptomatic main pulmonary artery aneurysm: surgery or conservative management? A case report.
Idiopathic main pulmonary artery aneurysm is a very rare entity and there are no clear guidelines for optimal treatment. Operative treatment is recommended for patients with a risk of rupture, which is not well defined. We present an unusual case of a 53-year-old woman with an idiopathic main pulmonary artery aneurysm. Our case is asymptomatic, without a causative cardiac lesion and/or pulmonary hypertension; therefore, we did not operate on our patient and she was stable at 22-month follow-up.
Vural
A Hakan
AH
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Bursa Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. ahvural@gmail.com
Türk
Tamer
T
Ata
Yusuf
Y
Göncü
Tugrul
T
Ozyazicioglu
Ahmet
A
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography