Open AccessPulmonary artery and vein pseudoaneurysm after gunshot wound to the chest
Author(s) -
Benjamin Quartey,
Elliot Jessie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.82235
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , contraindication , radiology , pulmonary artery , hemopericardium , penetrating trauma , vein , inferior vena cava , surgery , blunt , thrombosis , blunt trauma , aneurysm , cardiac tamponade , alternative medicine , pathology
Traumatic pulmonary artery or vein pseudoaneurysms are extremely rare and angiographic management is gaining grounds. These pseudoaneurysms are caused by both penetrating and blunt chest trauma. We presents a unique case of coexisted pulmonary vein and artery pseudoaneurysm due to penetrating chest trauma managed by angioembolization and inferior vena cava filter insertion for concomitant deep vein thrombosis (DVT) due to contraindication to anticoagulation. The present case represents only the second case of coexisted pulmonary vein and artery pseudoaneurysm and the first with associated DVT making management decision complicated.