The management of a pulmonary artery aneurysm

Acta Chir Belg. 2009 Mar-Apr;109(2):248-9. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2009.11680417.

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman with a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm was referred to our department for surgical opinion. Imaging study confirmed a large aneurysmal dilatation of the left pulmonary artery starting in the pulmonary trunk. There was no underlying pathology except for a pulmonary commissurotomy 20 years previously for a significant valvular pulmonary stenosis. The role of surgery in this entity is not well defined. We report the management of one case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnosis*
  • Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery*