Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a cause of sudden death: Case report and literature review
Keywords:
Aneurysm, Pulmonar Hypertension, Dispnea, Hemoptysis.Abstract
Objective: Correlate the generalities of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and current diagnostic methods available for pulmonary artery aneurysm with sudden death of these patients. Materials and methods: Review of medical record, autopsy analysis and scientific literature. Case presentation: A 39-year-old male with a history of pulmonary hypertension, who consulted for sudden dyspnea. The case was approached as a pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient presented bad clinical evolution and died. Autopsy revealed an aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. Conclusion: Aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are rare. The clinical presentation is nonspecific. The most reliable diagnostic methods are clinical suspicion and imaging methods, however they remain a cause of sudden death; whose finding is postmortem.
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