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Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report()
Rasmussen's aneurysm is a pseudoaneurysm caused by tuberculosis, when cavitation occurs adjacent to a pulmonary artery, which can be lethal. It is a rare complication usually affecting adults. This is a case of an 9-year-old boy initially admitted for pneumonia that developed hemoptysis during...
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description | Rasmussen's aneurysm is a pseudoaneurysm caused by tuberculosis, when cavitation occurs adjacent to a pulmonary artery, which can be lethal. It is a rare complication usually affecting adults. This is a case of an 9-year-old boy initially admitted for pneumonia that developed hemoptysis during admission. Chest X-ray done after this episode showed development of a left hilar mass not present in the previous studies. A chest CT with contrast subsequently revealed a saccular aneurysm arising from the left lower lobe pulmonary artery adjacent to a cavity, a Rasmussen's aneurysm. The patient was treated conservatively with continuation of anti-TB medication and serial monitoring due to the size of the aneurysm being less than 6 cm and spontaneous resolution of the hemoptysis. This report stresses that a Rasmussen's aneurysm should always be in the differential diagnosis of a hilar mass in a patient with hemoptysis, regardless of the patient's age. |
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spelling | pubmed-94647732022-09-13 Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() Gallardo, Mario Emmanuel A. Radiol Case Rep Case Report Rasmussen's aneurysm is a pseudoaneurysm caused by tuberculosis, when cavitation occurs adjacent to a pulmonary artery, which can be lethal. It is a rare complication usually affecting adults. This is a case of an 9-year-old boy initially admitted for pneumonia that developed hemoptysis during admission. Chest X-ray done after this episode showed development of a left hilar mass not present in the previous studies. A chest CT with contrast subsequently revealed a saccular aneurysm arising from the left lower lobe pulmonary artery adjacent to a cavity, a Rasmussen's aneurysm. The patient was treated conservatively with continuation of anti-TB medication and serial monitoring due to the size of the aneurysm being less than 6 cm and spontaneous resolution of the hemoptysis. This report stresses that a Rasmussen's aneurysm should always be in the differential diagnosis of a hilar mass in a patient with hemoptysis, regardless of the patient's age. Elsevier 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9464773/ /pubmed/36105835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.08.016 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gallardo, Mario Emmanuel A. Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title | Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title_full | Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title_fullStr | Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title_short | Giant Rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: A case report() |
title_sort | giant rasmussen's aneurysm in a 9-year-old boy: a case report() |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36105835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.08.016 |
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