Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity and Surgical Enigma

Given the low incidence of pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs), proven surgical indications do not yet exist. We present a patient with a 6.3 cm PAA who underwent an open sternotomy, pulmonary artery aneurysmectomy, and repair with an aortic homograft. We discuss surgical indications, including pain,...

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Autores principales: Badders, Joel, Roughneen, Patrick, Mohan, Navyatha, Roughneen, Erin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37252517
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38157
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description Given the low incidence of pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs), proven surgical indications do not yet exist. We present a patient with a 6.3 cm PAA who underwent an open sternotomy, pulmonary artery aneurysmectomy, and repair with an aortic homograft. We discuss surgical indications, including pain, growth in diameter, and diameter of 5.5 cm and larger. The current recommended surgical indication for the size of PAAs is based on recommendations for aortic aneurysms and observation in a small number of operable patients, highlighting the need for more discussion and reporting of this rare presentation.
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spelling pubmed-102247032023-05-28 Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity and Surgical Enigma Badders, Joel Roughneen, Patrick Mohan, Navyatha Roughneen, Erin Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Given the low incidence of pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs), proven surgical indications do not yet exist. We present a patient with a 6.3 cm PAA who underwent an open sternotomy, pulmonary artery aneurysmectomy, and repair with an aortic homograft. We discuss surgical indications, including pain, growth in diameter, and diameter of 5.5 cm and larger. The current recommended surgical indication for the size of PAAs is based on recommendations for aortic aneurysms and observation in a small number of operable patients, highlighting the need for more discussion and reporting of this rare presentation. Cureus 2023-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10224703/ /pubmed/37252517 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38157 Text en Copyright © 2023, Badders et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity and Surgical Enigma
title_fullStr Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity and Surgical Enigma
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title_short Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity and Surgical Enigma
title_sort pulmonary artery aneurysm: a rarity and surgical enigma
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224703/
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