Images of the month 2: Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm formation within uterine leiomyosarcoma metastases

Divya Vaid; Veronika Majcher; Nicholas Heptonstall; Timothy J Sadler; Andrew P Winterbottom

doi:10.7861/clinmed.2021-0494

Images of the month 2: Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm formation within uterine leiomyosarcoma metastases

Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Sep;21(5):e533-e534. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0494.

Authors

Divya Vaid¹, Veronika Majcher², Nicholas Heptonstall², Timothy J Sadler², Andrew P Winterbottom²

Affiliations

¹ Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK divya.vaid@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.
² Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

We present a rare case of pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm formation in leiomyosarcoma metastases with evidence of acute bleeding and subsequent interventional radiological management.

Keywords: chest imaging; interventional radiology; pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm; pulmonary metastases; uterine leiomyosarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False* / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False* / etiology
Female
Humans
Leiomyosarcoma*
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Uterine Neoplasms*