Giant mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysms in a newborn.

Undetected pulmonary Artery Aneurysms Secondary to Prolonged Right-sided Endocarditis in a Patient with Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot

Mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare complication of right-sided endocarditis most often associated with congenital heart disease or intravenous drug addiction. We report a case of undetected mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysms secondary to prolonged rightsided endocarditis in a 25-years old patient with corrected tetralogy of Fallot /pulmonary atresia. An attempt to explain the delayed...

Mycotic aneurysms of the intrapulmonary arteries.

In the case presented, multiple aneurysms of the peripheral pulmonary arteries occurred in a child with secondary pulmonary hypertension complicated by bacterial endocarditis. Study of other reported cases suggests that pulmonary hypertension may be significantly associated with the development of mycotic aneurysms. As surgical resection of aneurysms has been at least temporarily successful, in...

Giant Popliteal Artery Aneurysm: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are rare in general population but represent the second most common peripheral arterial aneurysms following those located in the aortoiliac segment. They usually affect men over 60 years old with established cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis. Other more unusual conditions such as trauma, congenital popliteal aneurysm, mycotic aneurysm, inflammato...

Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as an Unusual Complication of Thoracic Actinomycosis

Although pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare vascular anomaly, they are seen in a wide variety of conditions, such as congenital heart disease, infection, trauma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic medial necrosis and generalized vasculitis. To our knowledge, mycotic aneurysms caused by pulmonary actinomycosis have not been reported in the radiologic literature. Herein, a case of pulmonary actino...

Fatal haemorrhage from mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary artery.

Mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. A report of 2 cases.

Isolated mycotic saccular aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery as a result of acute bacterial endarteritis complicating persistent ductus arteriosus is described in 2 children aged I3 years and 7 years. Successful resection of the aneurysm was accomplished in the first child. The second child had associated aortic incompetence and succumbed from cardiac failure while awaiting operation. Aneury...