Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm due to undiagnosed atrial septal defect associated with pulmonary hypertension/Atriyal septal defektin sebep oldugu pulmoner hipertansiyon sonucu gelisen dev pulmoner arter anevrizmasi.(Case Report/Olgu Sunumu)(Case study)(Clinical report) From: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu KardiyolojiDergisi) | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Galenos Yayincilik. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare condition. It may develop as a result of variable etiologies such as congenital heart disease, infections, vasculitis, arteriovenous communications, trauma and connective tissue diseases (1). Due to its rare occurrence, little is known about natural evaluation; therefore there are no suggested guidelines for the optimal treatment as for aortic aneurysms (2). We present a case with a huge pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) of the pulmonary conus and bilateral main pulmonary arteries with a distal branch extension. Pulmonary ...

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