Traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm with concomitant pulmonary embolism

Authors

Nicole Melchior
Firas Madbak
David Sacks, Reading HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms (PAPs) are uncommon but are important to diagnose due to their associated high mortality rates. Traumatic PAPs are exceedingly rare, with only 25 cases obtained in a literature search of ‘traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm’ using PubMed.

Publication Title

Trauma

Volume

18

Issue

3

First Page

224

Last Page

226

Recommended Citation

Melchior, N., Madbak, F., & Sacks, D. (2015). Traumatic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm with concomitant pulmonary embolism. Trauma, 18 (3), 224-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460408615608661