Spontaneous Development and Rupture of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Complication in an Infant with Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenoses Due to Mutation of the Elastin Gene

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• 作者：Christian Apitz ; Juergen Schaefer ; Ludger Sieverding ; Anita Rauch and Michael Hofbeck
• 关键词：Congenital heart disease ; Elastin gene mutation ; Pulmonary artery aneurysm
• 刊名：Pediatric Cardiology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：March, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：29
• 期：2
• 页码：438-441
• 全文大小：221.2 KB

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We present a 3-year-old boy with an elastin gene mutation and multiple peripheral pulmonary stenoses, who developed aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries spontaneously. We performed transcatheter occlusion of the aneurysms with detachable coils. While pulmonary arterial aneurysms may develop following pulmonary balloon angioplasty, spontaneous development is exceedingly rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing spontaneous development of pulmonary artery aneurysms in a patient with peripheral pulmonary artery stenoses due to mutation of the elastin gene or Williams–Beuren syndrome.