Hemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after necrotizing pneumonia

Michael Kalina; Frederick Giberson

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.024

Hemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after necrotizing pneumonia

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Oct;84(4):1386-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.024.

Authors

Michael Kalina¹, Frederick Giberson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgical Critical Care and Trauma, Christiana Care Health System, Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware 19718, USA. mkalina@christianacare.org

PMID: 17889009
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.024

Abstract

This case documents the occurrence of hemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm in a 19-year-old man who was admitted for hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis. The pseudoaneurysm derived from a necrotizing pneumonia within the same pulmonary segment. After an extensive workup, the pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed by pulmonary angiography and treated with coil embolization.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Angiography
Combined Modality Therapy
Embolization, Therapeutic
Follow-Up Studies
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Hemoptysis / physiopathology
Hemoptysis / therapy*
Humans
Male
Necrosis / pathology
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / complications
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / diagnosis
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / surgery
Pneumonia / complications
Pneumonia / pathology*
Pulmonary Artery*
Risk Assessment
Thoracotomy / methods
Treatment Outcome