title: Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after MRSA septicemia in a pediatric patient.
abstract: We document a previously unreported case of a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) that developed in a pediatric patient initially presenting with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hip joint sepsis. This is the first reported case of PAP of infectious origin in a pediatric patient, and this case is unique as the evolution of the PAP was documented by computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Hawai'i, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA.
authors.forename: Gwendolyn M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Garnett
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimball
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: Russell K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015505:Chest Tubes; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D000075202:Contraindications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents