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Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature

Bronchial artery aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm is a rare but life-threatening diagnosis due to catastrophic complications from rupture. Prompt detection and management is key to prevent complications. CT angiogram and digital subtraction angiography are preferred diagnostic imaging modalities. Being v...

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Autores principales: Balar, Aneri B., Lakhani, Dhairya A., Martin, Daniel, Smith, Kelly T., Kim, Cathy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35265248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.02.015
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author Balar, Aneri B.
Lakhani, Dhairya A.
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Kim, Cathy
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description Bronchial artery aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm is a rare but life-threatening diagnosis due to catastrophic complications from rupture. Prompt detection and management is key to prevent complications. CT angiogram and digital subtraction angiography are preferred diagnostic imaging modalities. Being very uncommon, these entities can be misdiagnosed as a nonspecific mediastinal soft tissue mass, which can lead to delay in diagnosis and inappropriate or delayed management. We present a case of 72-year-old woman with incidentally detected large bronchial artery pseudoaneurysm, incorrectly classified as mediastinal malignancy at outside facility, receiving follow-up exams for 2 years, before correct diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-88987542022-03-08 Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature Balar, Aneri B. Lakhani, Dhairya A. Martin, Daniel Smith, Kelly T. Kim, Cathy Radiol Case Rep Case Report Bronchial artery aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm is a rare but life-threatening diagnosis due to catastrophic complications from rupture. Prompt detection and management is key to prevent complications. CT angiogram and digital subtraction angiography are preferred diagnostic imaging modalities. Being very uncommon, these entities can be misdiagnosed as a nonspecific mediastinal soft tissue mass, which can lead to delay in diagnosis and inappropriate or delayed management. We present a case of 72-year-old woman with incidentally detected large bronchial artery pseudoaneurysm, incorrectly classified as mediastinal malignancy at outside facility, receiving follow-up exams for 2 years, before correct diagnosis and management. Elsevier 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8898754/ /pubmed/35265248 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.02.015 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title_full Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title_fullStr Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title_short Giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: A case report and brief review of the literature
title_sort giant mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm mimicking mediastinal mass: a case report and brief review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35265248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.02.015
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