Theodoropoulos Panagiotis, Ziganshin Bulat A, Tranquilli Maryann, Elefteriades John A
Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ; Department of Surgical Diseases No. 2, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia.
Int J Angiol. 2013 Sep;22(3):143-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1347907.
Aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are proven to be a very rare entity. Association with structural cardiac anomalies, structural vascular anomalies, pulmonary hypertension, vasculitis, and infection has been noted. Surgical intervention of symptomatic aneurysms is recommended. A more detailed study of the natural history of these aneurysms is needed. Here, we report four cases of pulmonary artery aneurysms as well as a brief review of the literature existing on this subject. The first case is of a 41-year-old woman with the aneurysm located 1 cm distal to the pulmonary valve extending to the bifurcation of the main pulmonary artery. The second case is of a 76-year-old woman with a large aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery and the left pulmonary artery. The third case is of a 61-year-old woman with an aneurysm of the common pulmonary artery and right pulmonary artery. The fourth case is of a 28-year-old woman with a 5-cm symptomatic aneurysm extending from the valve up to the pulmonary bifurcation. Surgical excision and reconstruction was ordered for cases 1, 2, and 4.
肺动脉瘤被证实是一种非常罕见的病症。已注意到其与心脏结构异常、血管结构异常、肺动脉高压、血管炎及感染有关。对于有症状的动脉瘤,建议进行手术干预。需要对这些动脉瘤的自然病史进行更详细的研究。在此,我们报告4例肺动脉瘤病例,并对有关该主题的现有文献进行简要综述。第一例是一名41岁女性,动脉瘤位于肺动脉瓣远端1厘米处,延伸至主肺动脉分叉处。第二例是一名76岁女性,主肺动脉和左肺动脉有一个大动脉瘤。第三例是一名61岁女性,共同肺动脉和右肺动脉有一个动脉瘤。第四例是一名28岁女性,有一个5厘米的有症状动脉瘤,从瓣膜延伸至肺动脉分叉处。对第1、2和4例病例进行了手术切除和重建。