Huge traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is a very rare complication of penetrating thoracic trauma. We present a case of a 27-year-old woman who developed a 6.5-cm traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after suffering multiple stab wounds to the chest and the abdomen. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shnayderman, Dmitriy, Baginski, Scott G., Lea, William B., Erickson, Scott J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.020
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Sumario:Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is a very rare complication of penetrating thoracic trauma. We present a case of a 27-year-old woman who developed a 6.5-cm traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after suffering multiple stab wounds to the chest and the abdomen. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully treated endovascularly with vascular plug occlusion and coil embolization.

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