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ArticleJournal of radiology case reports2023

Endovascular embolization with EVOH for the treatment of a Rasmussen aneurysm.

Kirollos Bechay, Michael David Katz, Brian Quinn

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Article in Journal of radiology case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kirollos BechayDavid Geffen School of Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Michael David KatzDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA.
Brian QuinnDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Keck Hospital of USC · USOlive View-UCLA Medical Center · USRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

First-line treatment of pulmonary artery aneurysms/pseudoaneurysms (PAA/PAPA) is percutaneous or endovascular embolization. The present case of a Rasmussen aneurysm, a PAPA caused by Tuberculosis (TB), was successfully treated with ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH), a radiopaque liquid embolic agent with favorable characteristics. A 35-year-old man presented as a new patient with hemoptysis, and CT imaging revealed multiple cavitary lesions and a 2.1 cm aneurysm in the upper right lobe. Endovascular treatment was delivered and a complete lack of filling of the lesion was noted on post-treatment angiography. The patient's history includes risk factors and past TB infection. Despite the suspicious imaging, diagnostic tests were negative for active TB in this patient. He was then found to have MRSA bacteremia and a mediastinal lymph node positive for M. avium. The etiology of this aneurysm is suspicious for the superinfection of a chronic tuberculous cavity with M. avium, MRSA, or both.

Indexed as

AneurysmAneurysm, FalseEmbolization, TherapeuticAdultAngiographyContrast MediaHumansMaleContrast Mediaendovascular embolizationEVOHpulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA)pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAPA)Rasmussen

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PMID37654897
PMCPMC10435256
OpenAlexW4385829754

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