Affiliations 

  • 1 Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johor, Malaysia. alkaf334@yahoo.com
  • 2 Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Johor, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2016 04;71(2):96-7.
PMID: 27326956 MyJurnal

Abstract

Symptomatic bronchial artery aneurysm warrants urgent intervention. It has a known association with pulmonary infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We hereby report an elderly lady with a ruptured left superior bronchial artery mycotic aneurysm. She was in the early stages of treatment for a left lung abscess. She had multiple episodes of haemoptysis following which she underwent a left lower lobectomy. Presentation of lung abscess with a concurrent ruptured mycotic aneurysm warrants early surgical intervention and can be curative as seen in this case.

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