Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm associated with pleural telangiectasis and tortuous portal obstruction: report of a case

Surg Today. 1995;25(9):852-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00311467.

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman presenting with an emergent condition of massive hemothorax due to a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization. She had previously undergone portosystemic shunt splenopneumopexy for hepatic portal hypertension at 6 years of age. When undergoing right thoracotomy for the removal of a clot, a prominent telangiectasis on the pleural surface was noted. The lesion appeared to be a rare systemic vascular abnormality although this could not be confirmed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / therapy*
  • Angiography
  • Bronchial Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Female
  • Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemothorax / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertension, Portal / therapy*
  • Pleura / blood supply*
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Telangiectasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Telangiectasis / therapy*