Spontaneously Developed Pulmonary Arterial Intramural Hematoma That Mimicked Thromboembolism.
10.3348/kjr.2012.13.4.496
- Author:
Eun Ju KANG
1
;
Ki Nam LEE
;
In KIM
;
Jong Min CHAE
;
Gun Jik KIM
;
Dong Heon YANG
;
Jongmin LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-714, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Pulmonary artery;
Intramural hematoma;
CT;
Ultrasound
- MeSH:
Aged;
Contrast Media/diagnostic use;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Echocardiography;
Electrocardiography;
Female;
Hematoma/*diagnosis/*surgery;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
*Pulmonary Artery;
Thromboembolism/diagnosis;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2012;13(4):496-499
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 65-year-old woman visited our hospital with a complaint of acute onset dyspnea and radiological manifestations of pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient underwent an exploratory surgery to find a whitish-blue colored mass occupying almost the whole lumen of the main pulmonary arteries. Based on the pathological and radiological findings, the patient was diagnosed to have a pulmonary arterial intramural hematoma. Intramural hematomas are usually observed in the walls of the aorta, and we believe that an isolated intramural hematoma in the pulmonary artery has not been described previously.
