Infectious Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm That Resolved with Conservative Treatment

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 61; no. 20; pp. 3089 - 3093
• Main Authors: Nakayama, Toshihiro, Suzuki, Manabu, Yamaguchi, Yoh, Iikura, Motoyasu, Izumi, Shinyu, Takeda, Yuichiro, Hojo, Masayuki, Sugiyama, Haruhito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.10.2022; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Ampicillin; Antibiotics; Case reports; conservative treatment; Embolization; false aneurysm; Hemoptysis; Internal medicine; lung abscess; Pseudoaneurysm; Pulmonary artery; Sulbactam; surgery; therapeutic embolization

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPs) are rare but can cause massive hemoptysis if they rupture. Infectious PAPs are often treated by surgery or transcatheter embolization and are rarely treated conservatively with antibiotics. We herein report a case of PAP treated conservatively in a 21-year-old...