Rasmussen's aneurysm: A forgotten scourge

Kshitij Chatterjee; Brendon Colaco; Clinton Colaco; Michael Hellman; Nikhil Meena

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.003

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2015)

Rasmussen's aneurysm: A forgotten scourge

Kshitij Chatterjee,
Brendon Colaco,
Clinton Colaco,
Michael Hellman,
Nikhil Meena

Affiliations

Kshitij Chatterjee: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Brendon Colaco: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Clinton Colaco: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Michael Hellman: Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Nikhil Meena: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.08.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. C
pp. 74 – 76

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Rasmussen's aneurysm is an inflammatory pseudo-aneurysmal dilatation of a branch of pulmonary artery adjacent to a tuberculous cavity. Life threatening massive hemoptysis from the rupture of a Rasmussen's aneurysm is an uncommon yet life threatening complication of cavitary tuberculosis (TB). We present a case of a young woman who presented with low-grade fever and hemoptysis. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed biapical cavitary lesions and actively bleeding aneurysms involving pulmonary artery, which successfully underwent glue embolization.

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-medicine-case-reports/

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