Pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery with massive haemoptysis due to an invasive pulmonary mucormycosis

Thorax. 2016 Feb;71(2):199-200. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207713. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Authors

Alberto Lopez-Pastorini¹, Aris Koryllos¹, Michael Brockmann², Wolfram Windisch³, Erich Stoelben¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten-Herdecke University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Pathology, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten-Herdecke University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
³ Department of Pneumology, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten-Herdecke University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.

PMID: 26385775
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207713

No abstract available

Keywords: Massive Haemoptysis; Opportunist lung infections; Rare lung diseases; Thoracic Surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnosis
Hemoptysis / diagnosis
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Hemoptysis / surgery
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Fungal / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / complications*
Mucormycosis / diagnosis
Mucormycosis / surgery
Pneumonectomy
Pulmonary Artery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed