Non-invasive assessment of bleeding pulmonary artery aneurysms due to Behçet disease.
Eur Radiol
; 8(3): 359-63, 1998.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9510565
ABSTRACT
Because of its ability to depict intravascular, intramural, and extramural pathology, non-invasive imaging is well suited to assessing life-threatening hemoptysis that may complicate Behçet disease. We made exclusive use of CT angiography supplemented by MR to identify pulmonary thromboembolism, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms with signs of previous unilateral rupture. Two-dimensional reformatted CT images provided surgeons with a road map of upstream and downstream vascular relationships prior to aneurysm resection. Imaging findings were confirmed by surgery and pathology. Non-invasive imaging proved to be a useful alternative to standard catheter arteriography in the preoperative assessment of hemoptysis in this patient with Behçet disease.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
/
Behcet Syndrome
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Aneurysm, False
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Hemoptysis
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Radiol
Journal subject:
RADIOLOGIA
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States