Idiopathic bilateral segmental pulmonary artery aneurysm.
Aneurysms of segmental pulmonary arteries are rare. They can be potentially fatal, but remain undetected in the majority of cases. A young person reported with massive hemoptysis, and a ruptured large segmental pulmonary artery aneurysm of the left lung was identified as the cause. Incidentally a smaller aneurysm on the segmental artery of the right lung was noticed. The case is of rare occurrence, and the urgency of intervention on the left lung with consideration of an aneurysm on the right lung makes this case challenging. The clinical decision making for the choice of procedure for this rare and emergent situation is presented.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. Electronic address: spande@sgpgi.ac.in.
Shantanu
S
Pande
Department of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Prabhat
P
Tewari
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Surendra K
SK
Agarwal
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Manoj
M
Jain
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Rajendra V
RV
Phadke
D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery
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