Pulmonary artery aneurysm protruding into the bronchus as an endobronchial mass: A case report

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysms are usually diagnosed radiographically and present as small or large lesions resembling inflammation or a neoplasm on chest radiography. It has rarely been reported as an endobronchial mass. CASE SUMMARY: We report the case of a 64-year-old man who present...

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Autores principales: Li, Min, Zhu, Wen-Ye, Wu, Rong-Rong, Wang, Le, Mo, Meng-Ting, Liu, Shi-Nan, Zhu, Dong-Yi, Luo, Zhuang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10600857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37901013
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v11.i28.6792
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysms are usually diagnosed radiographically and present as small or large lesions resembling inflammation or a neoplasm on chest radiography. It has rarely been reported as an endobronchial mass. CASE SUMMARY: We report the case of a 64-year-old man who presented with recurrent hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumorous protrusion blocking the right middle lobe bronchus, which was confirmed to be a PA aneurysm using endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy and computed tomography angiography. CONCLUSION: Although endobronchial PA aneurysms are rare, bronchoscopists need to add this lesion to the list of endobronchial masses for which a biopsy is to be assiduously avoided.

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