Rasmussen aneurysm: A rare but not gone complication of tuberculosis

Ángela María Giraldo-Montoya; Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales; Juan David Hernández-Hurtado; Álvaro López-Salazar; Guillermo J Lagos-Grisales; Víctor H Ruiz-Granada

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.023

Rasmussen aneurysm: A rare but not gone complication of tuberculosis

Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Apr:69:8-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.023. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Authors

Ángela María Giraldo-Montoya¹, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales², Juan David Hernández-Hurtado³, Álvaro López-Salazar¹, Guillermo J Lagos-Grisales⁴, Víctor H Ruiz-Granada³

Affiliations

¹ Research Group Medical and Diagnostic Images (GRIMEID), IPS Imágenes Diagnósticas S.A., Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; ESE Hospital Universitario San Jorge, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
² Research Group Medical and Diagnostic Images (GRIMEID), IPS Imágenes Diagnósticas S.A., Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: arodriguezm@utp.edu.co.
³ Research Group Medical and Diagnostic Images (GRIMEID), IPS Imágenes Diagnósticas S.A., Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁴ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.

PMID: 29410220
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.023

Abstract

This report describes the case of a 30-year-old homeless man from Pereira, Colombia with tuberculosis, who presented with massive hemoptysis and associated aneurysm of the left upper lobe (Rasmussen aneurysm). Computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction confirmed the aneurysm, and embolization was performed successfully.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Colombia; Complications; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Infected / etiology*
Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
Aneurysm, Infected / therapy
Angiography
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Colombia
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Hemoptysis / complications
Hemoptysis / diagnostic imaging
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / microbiology
Pulmonary Artery / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / therapy

Substances

Antitubercular Agents