A Case of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm by Pulmonary Actinomycosis.

Kim, Youn Ho; Han, Woo Sik; Kim, Chung Ho; Lee, Sung Yong; Lee, Sang Yeub; Kim, Je Hyeong; Shin, Chol; Shim, Jae Jeong; In, Kwang Ho; Kang, Kyung Ho; Yoo, Se Hwa; Kim, Gwang Il; Kim, Han Kyeom; Oh, Yu Whan

doi:2004.56.2.210

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 56(2); 2004 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004;56(2):210-215.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2004.56.2.210 Published online February 1, 2004.

A Case of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm by Pulmonary Actinomycosis.

Youn Ho Kim, Woo Sik Han, Chung Ho Kim, Sung Yong Lee, Sang Yeub Lee, Je Hyeong Kim, Chol Shin, Jae Jeong Shim, Kwang Ho In, Kyung Ho Kang, Se Hwa Yoo, Gwang Il Kim, Han Kyeom Kim, Yu Whan Oh

¹Department of Internal medicine, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea. pulsy0309@hotmail.com
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Diagnostic radiology, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Pulmonary aneurysm is a rare vascular anomaly.Infection is one of major causes of pulmonary aneurysms. Pulmonary aneurysm by pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare case. Our case is maybe the first case in Korea,so far similar case has not been reported Worldwide written in English. We describe a 73-year-old man with aneurysm of pulmonary artery caused by actinomycosis infection on lung. We detected aneurysm by angiography of pulmonary artery, and actinomycosis infection was revealed by confirm sulfur granules on specimens taken by percutaneous needle aspiration(PCNA). Antibiotic therapy was applied to this patient and aneurym was embolized with coils.With this therapy,the patient was successfully managed and improved.

Key Words: Actinomycosis, Pulmonary artery aneurym, Hemoptysis