Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: An uncommon fatal complication associated with tubercular empyema

Abstract

Vascular sequelae in the thorax because of tuberculosis (TB) involve the pulmonary as well as bronchial vasculature. Tubercular empyema-associated pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is a sparsely reported clinical entity in the literature. We report a rare case of pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm associated with tubercular empyema in a patient. However, the patient died after intercostal drainage, because of massive hemoptysis followed by refractory shock, before any intervention could be done for the aneurysm.

Keywords

• Pseudoaneurysm
• pulmonary artery
• tuberculosis