Atypical Right Pulmonary Artery Dissection Complicating Severe Blunt Chest Trauma

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Spring;31(1):137-139. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.10.018. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery dissection is a rare albeit life-threatening event and it mostly occurs as the spontaneous rupture of pulmonary artery aneurysm complicating chronic pulmonary hypertension. Here, we describe a case of blunt traumatic pulmonary artery dissection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular System Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular System Injuries / etiology*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging*