Mediastinal mass after a Blalock-Taussig shunt: utility of CT angiography

Valeria Peña-Trujillo; Sebastian Gallo-Bernal; Julian F Forero Melo

doi:10.1017/S1047951120000906

Mediastinal mass after a Blalock-Taussig shunt: utility of CT angiography

Cardiol Young. 2020 May;30(5):722-723. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120000906. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Valeria Peña-Trujillo^{1

2}, Sebastian Gallo-Bernal^{1

2}, Julian F Forero Melo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Fundación Cardio-Infantil, Pediatric Cardiology Institute, Bogotá, Colombia.
² School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá110131, Colombia.

PMID: 32340649
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120000906

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms are rare complications of Blalock-Taussig fistulas. We present the case of an abscessed right pulmonary aneurysm after a Blalock-Taussig fistula in the context of a Salmonella bacteremia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
Aneurysm, False / etiology
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Blalock-Taussig Procedure / adverse effects*
Computed Tomography Angiography*
Female
Humans
Infant
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery