Non-invasive imaging in a rare case of main pulmonary artery aneurysm.
Report of an incidental chest X-ray finding of a large vessel dilation at the root of the ascending aorta in a 65-year-old female patient while pre-operative routine diagnostic. Due to prior allergic reaction to iodine contrast agent, non-invasive imaging was performed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where the rare finding of a large aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery was diagnosed. Initial considerations of a surgical intervention were turned down as no clinical symptoms or risk factors were apparent.
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Institut für Roentgendiagnostik, Klinikum der Bayerischen Julius-Maximilian-Universitaet, Oberduerrbacherstrasse 4, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany. ritter@roentgen.uni-wuerzburg.de
Weininger
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Machann
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Beissert
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Hahn
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Kenn
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D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011651:Pulmonary Artery