Mediastinal Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Presenting As an Incidental Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Finding

Overview

Journal Radiol Case Rep

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Radiology

Date 2021 Aug 17

PMID 34401009

Citations 1

Authors

Nizar El Bouardi

Baderddine Alami

Ghada El Mounceffe

Meriam Haloua

Youssef Alaoui Lamrani

Meryem Boubbou

Mustapha Maaroufi

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Abstract

Mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm is very rare and only few cases have been reported in the literature. The clinical presentations are varied, ranging from an incidental radiological finding to a cataclysmic rupture leading to hemorrhagic shock. Thus, a quick treatment is indicated upon diagnosis. Therapeutic options are various including surgical resection, stent grafting with percutaneous embolization of feeding vessel or transtarterial embolization. Herein we describe a case of an incidental mediastinal bronchial artery aneurysm in a 63-year-old man, managed by transtarterial embolization.

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