A bilharzial pulmonary artery aneurysm with a large calcified mural thrombus

Although very rarely encountered nowadays, bilharziasis should still be considered as one of the main causes of pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAA) and core-pulmonale in endemic areas. The ideal treatment of PAA remains uncertain because there is no clear consensus about the best therapeutic approach,...

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Published in:The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2019-03, Vol.35 (3), p.549-550
Main Authors: Abdelnaby, Mahmoud, Almaghraby, Abdallah, Saleh, Yehia, Ziada, Karim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aneurysm
Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm - etiology
Aneurysm - physiopathology
Anticoagulants
Anticoagulants - therapeutic use
Blood clots
Cardiac Imaging
Cardiology
Computed Tomography Angiography
Dilatation, Pathologic
Disease control
Echocardiography
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Images in CV Applications
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery - physiopathology
Radiology
Schistosomiasis - complications
Schistosomiasis - diagnosis
Surgery
Thrombosis
Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis - drug therapy
Thrombosis - etiology
Thrombosis - physiopathology
Vascular Calcification - diagnostic imaging
Vascular Calcification - etiology
Vascular Calcification - physiopathology
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Summary:Although very rarely encountered nowadays, bilharziasis should still be considered as one of the main causes of pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAA) and core-pulmonale in endemic areas. The ideal treatment of PAA remains uncertain because there is no clear consensus about the best therapeutic approach, due to limited experience because of the rarity of the disease. Still the management of pulmonary artery thrombus is only through proper anticoagulation and follow-up with a very limited role for surgery.
ISSN:1569-5794
1573-0743
1875-8312
DOI:10.1007/s10554-018-1450-x