Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule

We report the case of a 63-year-old female patient who was evaluated due to a solitary pulmonary nodule. The final diagnosis was a solitary peripheral pulmonary artery saccular aneurysm. The patient was submitted to a pulmonary lobectomy with excellent recovery. Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms...

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Autores principales: Tamagno, Mauro Federico Luis, Castelli, Jussara Bianchi, Bibas, Benoit Jacques, Minamoto, Helio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015
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Article / Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484335
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.007
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author Tamagno, Mauro Federico Luis
Castelli, Jussara Bianchi
Bibas, Benoit Jacques
Minamoto, Helio
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description We report the case of a 63-year-old female patient who was evaluated due to a solitary pulmonary nodule. The final diagnosis was a solitary peripheral pulmonary artery saccular aneurysm. The patient was submitted to a pulmonary lobectomy with excellent recovery. Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms that arise from segmental or intrapulmonary branches are extremely rare, and their management is still controversial.
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spelling pubmed-45846652015-10-19 Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule Tamagno, Mauro Federico Luis Castelli, Jussara Bianchi Bibas, Benoit Jacques Minamoto, Helio Autops Case Rep Article / Clinical Case Report We report the case of a 63-year-old female patient who was evaluated due to a solitary pulmonary nodule. The final diagnosis was a solitary peripheral pulmonary artery saccular aneurysm. The patient was submitted to a pulmonary lobectomy with excellent recovery. Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysms that arise from segmental or intrapulmonary branches are extremely rare, and their management is still controversial. São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4584665/ /pubmed/26484335 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.007 Text en Autopsy and Case Reports. ISSN 2236-1960. Copyright © 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed of terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided article is properly cited.
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Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
title Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
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title_fullStr Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
title_full_unstemmed Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
title_short Peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
title_sort peripheral pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule
topic Article / Clinical Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484335
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.007
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