title: Bronchial artery aneurysm treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: Bronchial artery aneurysms (BAA) are a rarely noted. Asymptomatic cases of BAA are very rare. Most patients are correctly diagnosed only after BAA ruptures. The conventional treatment includes aneurysm resection through thoracotomy or transcatheter arterial embolization. In the present report, we describe a case of an asymptomatic BAA treated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and careful evaluation of the vessels by three-dimensional computed tomography.
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: ryo-naka@mail.goo.ne.jp.
authors: Ryota
authors: R
authors: Nakamura
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Yoshihisa
authors: Y
authors: Inage
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Asuka
authors: A
authors: Tsuchiya
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Takehito
authors: T
authors: Kato
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Yuzawa
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Masanori
authors: M
authors: Koizumi
authors: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors: Hamaichi
authors: H
authors: Ueki
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D001981:Bronchial Arteries; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*