Internal mammary artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare fatal complication of tubercular empyema

Lung India. 2013 Oct;30(4):341-3. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.120615.

Abstract

Vascular complications in the chest due to tuberculosis (TB) involve the pulmonary as well as bronchial vasculature. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of internal mammary artery (IMA) are a sparsely reported clinical entity in the literature occurring due to TB. We report a rare case of IMA pseudoaneurysm due to the tubercular empyema in a patient with massive hemoptysis who was treated by endovascular coil embolization; however, the patient died due to refractory shock.

Keywords: Internal mammary artery; pseudoaneurysm; tuberculosis.