Rasmussen's aneurysm: A forgotten scourge
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Kshitij Chatterjee; Brendon Colaco; Clinton Colaco; Michael Hellman; Nikhil Meena
- Source
- Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Vol 16, Iss C, Pp 74-76 (2015)
- Subject
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
Rasmussen's aneurysm
Pulmonary artery aneurysm embolization
Diseases of the respiratory system
RC705-779
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2213-0071
Rasmussen's aneurysm is an inflammatory pseudo-aneurysmal dilatation of a branch of pulmonary artery adjacent to a tuberculous cavity. Life threatening massive hemoptysis from the rupture of a Rasmussen's aneurysm is an uncommon yet life threatening complication of cavitary tuberculosis (TB). We present a case of a young woman who presented with low-grade fever and hemoptysis. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed biapical cavitary lesions and actively bleeding aneurysms involving pulmonary artery, which successfully underwent glue embolization.