A case of Rasmussen's aneurysm caused by pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterium

Rasmussen's aneurysm was originally described as a rare cause of hemoptysis in tuberculosis. Dilatation of the pulmonary artery wall is caused by tuberculosis inflammation. Recently, the incidence of non‐tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease has increased; it now exceeds that of tuberculosis....

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Autores principales: Plantilla, Maya, Nozu, Shohei, Nakanishi, Norihiko, Ishimaru, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2023
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9950801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1094
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Sumario:Rasmussen's aneurysm was originally described as a rare cause of hemoptysis in tuberculosis. Dilatation of the pulmonary artery wall is caused by tuberculosis inflammation. Recently, the incidence of non‐tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease has increased; it now exceeds that of tuberculosis. We report a Rasmussen's aneurysm due to NTM.

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