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

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

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

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

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Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:70doi: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.


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