Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm
Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are uncommon entities. PAAs are caused mostly by trauma (often iatrogenic), infections and Behcet’s disease (BD). Less common causes are pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and neoplasm. BD is a multisystem disorder presenting with recurrent oral and ge...
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author | Aiman M Hammad Sultan M Al-Qahtani Mohammed A Al-Zahrani |
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description | Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are uncommon entities. PAAs are caused mostly by trauma (often iatrogenic), infections and Behcet’s disease (BD). Less common causes are pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and neoplasm. BD is a multisystem disorder presenting with recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, as well as ocular involvement, and PAA is one of its rare complications. A case of huge PAA, in which the usual criteria for the clinical diagnosis of BD were present, is described. Transcatheter embolization resulted in clinical improvement. |
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spelling | doaj-art-bae4a3fcdf1640f2ae73728a23106b2d2025-02-03T01:06:21ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412009-01-01163939510.1155/2009/876784Huge Pulmonary Artery AneurysmAiman M Hammad0Sultan M Al-Qahtani1Mohammed A Al-Zahrani2Department of Internal Medicine, Assir Central Hospital, Saudi ArabiaKing Khalid University, Saudi ArabiaKing Khalid University, Saudi ArabiaPulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are uncommon entities. PAAs are caused mostly by trauma (often iatrogenic), infections and Behcet’s disease (BD). Less common causes are pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease and neoplasm. BD is a multisystem disorder presenting with recurrent oral and genital ulcerations, as well as ocular involvement, and PAA is one of its rare complications. A case of huge PAA, in which the usual criteria for the clinical diagnosis of BD were present, is described. Transcatheter embolization resulted in clinical improvement.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/876784 |
spellingShingle | Aiman M Hammad Sultan M Al-Qahtani Mohammed A Al-Zahrani Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Canadian Respiratory Journal |
title | Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm |
title_full | Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm |
title_fullStr | Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm |
title_full_unstemmed | Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm |
title_short | Huge Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm |
title_sort | huge pulmonary artery aneurysm |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/876784 |
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