False pulmonary artery aneurysm induced by Swan-Ganz catheter: diagnosis and embolotherapy

Radiology. 1987 Sep;164(3):741-2. doi: 10.1148/radiology.164.3.3615871.

Abstract

A false aneurysm that formed after injury by a Swan-Ganz catheter to the pulmonary artery in a patient on long-term anticoagulant therapy is reported. The lesion was demonstrated both by computed tomography and pulmonary angiography. The case is unique in that the patient was successfully treated with percutaneous transcatheter embolization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm / etiology
  • Aneurysm / therapy
  • Angiography
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed