Transcatheter embolization of pulmonary artery false aneurysm associated with primary pulmonary hypertension

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2004 Mar-Apr;27(2):186-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-003-2722-x.

Abstract

A 29-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension presented with recurrent hemoptysis. Contrast-enhanced CT of the chest demonstrated the enhanced mass surrounded by consolidation related to parenchymal hemorrhage. Pulmonary angiography suggested that the mass was a pulmonary artery false aneurysm. After a microcatheter was superselectively inserted into the parent artery of the false aneurysm, the false aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter embolization with coils. Her hemoptysis has never recurred.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / methods*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Hemoptysis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed