Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after tube thoracostomy.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1997
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1478–1480
- Identifiers
- PMID: 9386732
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm has been described as a complication of Swan-Ganz catheterization and right heart catheterization. Isolated cases of this condition occurring in blunt and penetrating chest trauma have been reported. In this communication, we describe the case of a patient with intracranial hemorrhage who required positive-pressure ventilation and in whom subsequent pneumothorax developed, necessitating tube thoracostomy. A persistent opacification of the lung field resulted in evaluation with computed chest tomography and color-flow Doppler ultrasonography. A pseudoaneurysm of the lingular segmental artery was identified and successfully obliterated by Gelfoam coil embolization.