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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:366-369
© 2000 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Operative aneurysmectomy and middle lobectomy for asymptomatic bronchial artery aneurysm in young patient

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Pathology, Kansai Medical University, 10–15 Fumizonocho, Moriguchi 570-8507, Japan

Received 26 November 1999; received in revised form 15 March 2000; accepted 18 April 2000.

Corresponding author. Fax: +81-6-6994-7022
e-mail: saitoy{at}takii.kmu.ac.jp

A 33-year-old woman was admitted for investigation of a round right hilar shadow on chest X-ray. A bronchial arteriogram revealed it was a bronchial artery aneurysm. She had no symptoms such as bloody sputum or hemoptysis. Although bronchial arterial embolization (BAE) is a good procedure for controlling hemoptysis, sometimes hemostasis is unsuccessful or bleeding recurs after BAE. Our patient underwent an operative aneurysmectomy and middle lobectomy to eliminate aneurysmal rupture instead of BAE.

Key Words: Bronchial artery • Aneurysm

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