Bilateral coronary artery fistulas with a giant coronary aneurysm complicated by aneurysm rupture: A case report

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Nov;95(46):e5445. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005445.

Abstract

Rationale: Coronary artery aneurysms and fistulas are not rare conditions in clinical practice, but bilateral fistulas with a giant coronary aneurysm in just one person are quite rare.

Patient concerns: We report a case of a 66-year-old woman with these 2 coronary abnormalities accompanied with a huge mediastinum mass.

Interventions: The giant aneurysm was ligated and the mass was resected which was proved to be an organized hematoma finally.

Outcomes: The patient was discharged soon with no complications.

Lessons: The best treatment of giant coronary aneurysm is not clear because of its rarity, surgical resection may be the right procedure for the potential serious complications like this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula* / diagnosis
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula* / surgery
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / complications
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / diagnosis
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / physiopathology
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / surgery
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels* / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels* / surgery
  • Female
  • Hematoma* / diagnosis
  • Hematoma* / etiology
  • Hematoma* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*