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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: 3 cases examined and treated at National Lung Hospital Case report
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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPs) is a rare abnormality of the pulmonary artery system. Beside, PAPs have no specific clinical presentation or may be asymptomatic, which may be present in congenital anomalies or in a variety of conditions such as pneumonia, pulmonary neoplasm, pulmonary tuberculosis, or lung fungus... [1]. We present 3 cases of PAPs examined and treated at the National Lung Hospital with PAPs appearing on the background of 3 different diseases. Both of these 3 cases have nonspecific symtoms as cough, chestpain and dyspnea with 2 cases of hemoptysis. They are all detected by computed tomography (CT) angiography. There are 2 cases treated by surgery that have good results and 1 case who continued the TB regimen received medical treatment.
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pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms, pulmonary artery, hemoptysis
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