Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in a pediatric patient

Pediatr Radiol. 1997 Sep;27(9):760-2. doi: 10.1007/s002470050221.

Abstract

We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries who presented with mild hemoptysis and upper respiratory infection 3 weeks following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis. While pneumonia was initially suggested on early plain radiographs of the chest, a large pseudoaneurysm of a right lower lobe pulmonary artery branch was subsequently diagnosed with CT and angiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed