title: Successful endovascular treatment of a bronchial artery aneurysm refractory to transcatheter embolization.
abstract: Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare entity, detected in <1% of all patients who undergo selective bronchial arteriography. BAAs are potentially life-threatening when untreated. We describe the first BAA case, in the English language, treated only by thoracic aorta endografting, with an uneventful postoperative course with exclusion and thrombosis of the BAA. The endovascular stent graft provides a safe, reliable tool complementing the armamentarium of surgical and percutaneous techniques in the treatment of patients with BAA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Foundation I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arici
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozzani
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odero
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed