Gigantic bronchial artery aneurysm treated with transcatheter arterial embolization: a case report.
Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare condition. Rupture of BAA can cause critical hemorrhage, and intervention for BAA is thus recommended. A 69-year-old woman presented with BAA 70 mm in diameter in the right hilum of the lung. Transcatheter arterial embolization for afferent arteries of the BAA was performed and the BAA has subsequently been shrinking as observed by radiography. We present this case and a brief review of management of BAA based on the literature.
Yajima
Noriyuki
N
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Tsutsui
Hiroshi
H
Yoshioka
Toru
T
Kasai
Hiroki
H
Tomita
Takeshi
T
Kumazaki
Setsuo
S
Koyama
Jun
J
Yazaki
Yoshikazu
Y
Kinoshita
Osamu
O
Yamada
Akira
A
Ueda
Kazuhiko
K
Kadoya
Masumi
M
Amano
Jun
J
Ikeda
Uichi
U
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome