Open AccessInternal mammary artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare fatal complication of tubercular empyema
Author(s) -
Mukesh Yadav,
Anmol Bhatia,
Susheel Kumar,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.120615
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , mammary artery , complication , embolization , tuberculosis , empyema , surgery , radiology , bronchial artery , refractory (planetary science) , artery , pathology , physics , astrobiology
Vascular complications in the chest due to tuberculosis (TB) involve the pulmonary as well as bronchial vasculature. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of internal mammary artery (IMA) are a sparsely reported clinical entity in the literature occurring due to TB. We report a rare case of IMA pseudoaneurysm due to the tubercular empyema in a patient with massive hemoptysis who was treated by endovascular coil embolization; however, the patient died due to refractory shock.