Open AccessRasmussen’s aneurysm masquerading as mass lesion
Author(s) -
Shraban Kumar Sahoo,
Manoj Kumar Panigrahi,
Suprava Naik,
Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-232669
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , aneurysm , radiology , lesion , thorax (insect anatomy) , lung , mass/lesion , pseudoaneurysm , radiography , surgery , computed tomography , anatomy
Haemoptysis is an often encountered respiratory symptom. The amount of haemoptysis varies from mild to life-threatening severity and may indicate the underlying pulmonary disorder. Herein, we report a 50-year-old male smoker who presented with occasional streaky to mild haemoptysis for last 1 year. He had pulmonary tuberculosis 10 years ago and had received adequate treatment. Chest radiograph was suspicious of a mass lesion in left upper lung. Contrast-enhanced CT scan of thorax revealed pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm suggestive of Rasmussen's aneurysm. Unlike this case, Rasmussen's aneurysm usually manifests as life-threatening haemoptysis and portends a high mortality.