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ReviewThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2025

Multimodality imaging of pulmonary artery aneurysms due to giant cell arteritis: a case series.

Bardia Nadim, Emma Blassel, Anthony R Sheets, Richard N Mitchell, Ayaz Aghayev

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Review in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Bardia NadimDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. bnadim@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-034X
Emma BlasselDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Anthony R SheetsDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-636X
Richard N MitchellDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-7618
Ayaz AghayevDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6092-7065

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are rare, but important vascular phenomena with nonspecific signs and symptoms. While some patients remain asymptomatic, others manifest with serious symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, or hemoptysis. Often diagnosed incidentally, PAAs have various underlying etiologies, including congenital, acquired, and idiopathic. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a very rare cause of PAAs, with limited reported cases in the literature. This case series will review the clinical presentation, multimodality imaging, and management of four patients with isolated PAA due to GCA.

Indexed as

AneurysmComputed Tomography AngiographyGiant Cell ArteritisMultimodal ImagingPulmonary ArteryAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsTreatment OutcomeGiant cell arteritisPulmonary artery aneurysmVascular imagingVasculitis

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PMID39424695

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