Podbielski F J, Wiesman I M, Yaghmai B, Owens C A, Benedetti E, Massad M G
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Nov;64(5):1478-80. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00938-7.
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm has been described as a complication of Swan-Ganz catheterization and right heart catheterization. Isolated cases of this condition occurring in blunt and penetrating chest trauma have been reported. In this communication, we describe the case of a patient with intracranial hemorrhage who required positive-pressure ventilation and in whom subsequent pneumothorax developed, necessitating tube thoracostomy. A persistent opacification of the lung field resulted in evaluation with computed chest tomography and color-flow Doppler ultrasonography. A pseudoaneurysm of the lingular segmental artery was identified and successfully obliterated by Gelfoam coil embolization.
