Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
A Case of Isolated Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Branch Stenosis Associated with Multiple Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms
Hiroyuki AmanoNobuhiro TanabeSeiichiro SakaoHideo UmekitaToshihiko SugiuraSatoru KitazonoMiyako KitazonoFuminobu KurodaYasunori KasaharaKoichiro Tatsumi
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2010 Volume 49 Issue 17 Pages 1895-1899

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Selective right pulmonary arteriography and 3-dimensional computed tomography revealed multiple severe stenoses of the peripheral pulmonary artery associated with poststenotic aneurysms in a 65-year-old woman. She was referred to the hospital for evaluation of dry cough, gradually increasing dyspnea and multiple nodular shadows on a chest radiograph. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization showed severe pulmonary hypertension, though other structural heart diseases or well-characterized congenital syndromes were ruled out. She was diagnosed as isolated peripheral pulmonary artery branch stenosis. Recent advances in CT technology enable a less-invasive assessment of pulmonary artery, and can be useful in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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