The management of a pulmonary artery aneurysm.
A 51-year-old woman with a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm was referred to our department for surgical opinion. Imaging study confirmed a large aneurysmal dilatation of the left pulmonary artery starting in the pulmonary trunk. There was no underlying pathology except for a pulmonary commissurotomy 20 years previously for a significant valvular pulmonary stenosis. The role of surgery in this entity is not well defined. We report the management of one case.
Sanoussi
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. asanoussi@hotmail.com
Sokolow
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Cappello
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery