Giant Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: An Interesting Incidental Finding

oleh: Afsoon Fazlinejad, Mohammad Vojdanparast, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Sahar Sadat Moosavi, Parisa Jalali

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2014-01-01

Deskripsi

Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare condition. This type of aneurysm can be presented with noncardiac symptoms or even asymptomatic. We report a 73-year-old man with a gigantic idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm which was referred to our unit for his kidney problems. During his workup we incidentally found the aneurysm by an abnormal chest-X ray and auscultation. Our further evaluations revealed a 9.8 cm aneurysm in transthoracic echocardiography.