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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:593-596
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms due to infective endocarditis

A. Kürsat Bozkurt, MD*a, Funda Öztunç, MDb, Canan Akman, MDc, Sebuh Kurugoglu, MDc, Ayse Güler Eroglu, MDb

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
b Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul University Cerrahpaa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
c Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpaa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

Accepted for publication August 14, 2002.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Bozkurt, Ataköy 5. Kisim A7/40 34750 Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail: akbozkurt{at}yahoo.com

Bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms developed in the course of staphylococcal endocarditis in a 6-year-old girl with ventricular septal defect. Consecutive computed tomography scans revealed the progressive enlargement of one of the aneurysms. She underwent an urgent left upper lobectomy because of the impending rupture and a possible life-threatening hemorrhage. The second ipsilateral aneurysm was plicated in order to exclude the aneurysm sac. In the next operation the ventricular septal defect was closed and vegetations located on the tricuspid valve were removed. On follow-up spontaneous thrombotic resolution occurred in the right-sided aneurysms.




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