Bronchial Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Atelectasis

Mikio OKA; Minoru FUKUDA; Kenji TERASHI; Hiroshi TAKATANI; Fumihiko NARASAKI; Reiji NAKANO; Junji TSURUTANI; Yo-ichi NAKAMURA; Takashi KASAI; Seiji NAGASHIMA; Yuji NOGUCHI; Hiroshi SODA; Shigeru KOHNO

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.36.917

Mikio OKA, Minoru FUKUDA, Kenji TERASHI, Hiroshi TAKATANI, Fumihiko NARASAKI, Reiji NAKANO, Junji TSURUTANI, Yo-ichi NAKAMURA, Takashi KASAI, Seiji NAGASHIMA, Yuji NOGUCHI, Hiroshi SODA, Shigeru KOHNO

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Mikio OKA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Minoru FUKUDA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Kenji TERASHI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Hiroshi TAKATANI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Fumihiko NARASAKI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Reiji NAKANO
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Junji TSURUTANI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Yo-ichi NAKAMURA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Takashi KASAI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Seiji NAGASHIMA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Yuji NOGUCHI
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Hiroshi SODA
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Shigeru KOHNO
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine

Keywords: bronchial tumor, arterial embolization, bronchoscopy, vascular lesion

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1997 Volume 36 Issue 12 Pages 917-919

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.36.917

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Abstract

A 54-year-old nonsmoker female developed atelectasis of the anterior basal segment of the right lower lobe. A non-pulsating endobronchial tumor was observed bronchoscopically obstructing the right basal bronchus. The tumor was confirmed on arteriography to be a saccular aneurysm of the right bronchial artery. The aneurysm was treated with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery aneurysm, without a predisposing disease, is quite rare, but should be considered as an etiological factor of atelectasis.
(Internal Medicine 36: 917-919, 1997)

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