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A pulmonary artery false aneurysm after right middle lobectomy: a case report

Hossam Shaaban1*, Hemant Sharma2, Jagan Rao1 and Stephen Clark1

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1 Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:70 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-70

Published: 25 August 2007

Abstract

Pulmonary artery false aneurysm is a rare condition, reported to complicate interventional procedures. We report a case of a false aneurysm of the interlobar pulmonary artery following a right middle lobectomy for lung cancer. This is probably the first reported case.