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Gigantic Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Treated With Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Hiroshi Tsutsui, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan, tsutsuh{at}hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp

Toru Yoshioka, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Hiroki Kasai, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Takeshi Tomita, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Setsuo Kumazaki, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Jun Koyama, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Yoshikazu Yazaki, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Osamu Kinoshita, MD, FASA

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Akira Yamada, MD

Department of Radiology Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Kazuhiko Ueda, MD

Department of Radiology Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Masumi Kadoya, MD

Department of Radiology Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Jun Amano, MD

Department of Surgery Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Uichi Ikeda, MD, FASA

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare condition. Rupture of BAA can cause critical hemorrhage, and intervention for BAA is thus recommended. A 69-year-old woman presented with BAA 70 mm in diameter in the right hilum of the lung. Transcatheter arterial embolization for afferent arteries of the BAA was performed and the BAA has subsequently been shrinking as observed by radiography. We present this case and a brief review of management of BAA based on the literature.

Key Words: bronchial artery aneurysm • transcatheter arterial embolization

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Angiology, Vol. 59, No. 6, 757-760 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707306150


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