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  • Title: Transformation of a ruptured giant pulmonary artery aneurysm into an air cavity after transcatheter embolization in a Behçet's patient.
    Author: Cil BE, Turkbey B, Canyiğit M, Kumbasar OO, Celik G, Demirkazik FB.
    Journal: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol; 2006; 29(1):151-4. PubMed ID: 16328688.
    Abstract:
    Pulmonary artery aneurysms due to Behçet's disease are mainly seen in young males and very rarely in females. To our knowledge there are only 10 cases reported in the related literature. Emergent transcatheter embolization was performed in a female patient with a known history of Behçet's disease in whom massive hemoptysis developed because of rupture of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm. At 6-month follow-up, transformation of the aneurysm sac into an air cavity was detected. To our knowledge, such a transformation has never been reported in the literature before. Embolization of the pulmonary artery aneurysm and the mechanism of cavity transformation are reviewed and discussed.
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