title: Internal mammary artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare fatal complication of tubercular empyema.
abstract: Vascular complications in the chest due to tuberculosis (TB) involve the pulmonary as well as bronchial vasculature. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of internal mammary artery (IMA) are a sparsely reported clinical entity in the literature occurring due to TB. We report a rare case of IMA pseudoaneurysm due to the tubercular empyema in a patient with massive hemoptysis who was treated by endovascular coil embolization; however, the patient died due to refractory shock.
authors: Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors: Mukesh K
authors: MK
authors: Yadav
authors: Anmol
authors: A
authors: Bhatia
authors: Susheel
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Niranjan
authors: N
authors: Khandelwal
keywords: Internal mammary artery; pseudoaneurysm; tuberculosis