Transcatheter coil embolization of a complex pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm with thyrocervical trunk-pulmonary arterial fistulization in a patient with cystic fibrosis and massive hemoptysis

Zachary T. Smith, BS; John Haines, MD; Elias Calkins, MD; John Fox, MD; Geoffrey Scriver, MD; Christopher S. Morris, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jun 2022)

Transcatheter coil embolization of a complex pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm with thyrocervical trunk-pulmonary arterial fistulization in a patient with cystic fibrosis and massive hemoptysis

Zachary T. Smith, BS,
John Haines, MD,
Elias Calkins, MD,
John Fox, MD,
Geoffrey Scriver, MD,
Christopher S. Morris, MD

Affiliations

Zachary T. Smith, BS: Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
John Haines, MD: Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Elias Calkins, MD: Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
John Fox, MD: Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Geoffrey Scriver, MD: Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Christopher S. Morris, MD: Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 6
pp. 1836 – 1842

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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) is a rare cause of life-threatening hemoptysis and tends to develop in the setting of infection, neoplasm, or trauma. Successful endovascular coil embolization has demonstrated effectiveness in treating PAPs and is now the treatment of choice for these patients. Vascular supply to PAPs is highly variable and often requires embolization of both the systemic and pulmonary feeding vessels. This is a case report of a successful transcatheter coil embolization of a complex PAP with a thyrocervical trunk-pulmonary arterial fistula in a patient with massive hemoptysis in the setting of advanced cystic fibrosis.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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