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Pulmonary artery aneurysm & Dissection

Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Congenital conditions associated with pulmonary artery aneurysm

Heart defects

Persistent ductus arteriosus
Ventricular septal defects
Atrial septal defects
Hypoplastic aortic valve
Bicuspid aortic valve
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Pulmonary regurgitation
Absent pulmonary valve

 

Connective tissue diseases

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Cystic medial necrosis

Acquired conditions associated with pulmonary artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms

Infectious 
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
Pyogenic bacteria
Endocarditis, septic embolism
Bacterial, viral, or fungal pneumonia

Vasculitis

Behcet's disease
Huges-Stovin syndrome

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Acute or chronic bronchiectasis and pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary artery dissection

A 56-year-old woman with ASD secundum with Eisenmenger syndrome

References

1) Park, H., Chamarthy, M., Lamus, D., Saboo, S., Sutphin, P., & Kalva, S. (2018). Pulmonary artery aneurysms: diagnosis & endovascular therapy. Cardiovascular Diagnosis And Therapy, 8(3), 350-361. doi:10.21037/cdt.2018.04.01

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