title: Idiopathic asymptomatic main pulmonary artery aneurysm: surgery or conservative management? A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Bursa Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. ahvural@gmail.com
authors.forename: A Hakan
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Türk
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ata
authors.forename: Tugrul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Göncü
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyazicioglu
mesh_terms: 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