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Heart Lung Circ. 2011 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Angioembolisation of pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm arising in H1N1 influenza viral pneumonia.
Lee JC, Walters DL, Slaughter RE.
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia; Division of Medical Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia.
Abstract
A 51 year-old Aboriginal woman was diagnosed with H1N1 influenza virus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Contrasted CT of the pulmonary and bronchial vasculature undertaken for investigation for of haemoptysis revealed an 11mm left upper lobe pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP). The PAP was successfully treated with angioembolisation of the parent artery with two platinum coils. PAPs are uncommon but potentially life-threatening and have not previously been reported in association with H1N1 influenza viral pneumonia, which has been prominent in recent times in both medical literature and popular press.
Copyright ? 2011 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID: 21315652 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21315652
Angioembolisation of pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm arising in H1N1 influenza viral pneumonia.
Lee JC, Walters DL, Slaughter RE.
Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia; Division of Medical Imaging, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia.
Abstract
A 51 year-old Aboriginal woman was diagnosed with H1N1 influenza virus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Contrasted CT of the pulmonary and bronchial vasculature undertaken for investigation for of haemoptysis revealed an 11mm left upper lobe pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP). The PAP was successfully treated with angioembolisation of the parent artery with two platinum coils. PAPs are uncommon but potentially life-threatening and have not previously been reported in association with H1N1 influenza viral pneumonia, which has been prominent in recent times in both medical literature and popular press.
Copyright ? 2011 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID: 21315652 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21315652