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Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm after thoracoscopic lung resection.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Kamikitate, Akita, Japan.
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10/2009; 57(10):550-2. DOI:10.1007/s11748-008-0369-x pp.550-2
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ABSTRACT We present a rare case of a ruptured intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm in a 59-year-old woman that occurred after a right upper lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer. The pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed by computed tomography and successfully treated with aneurysmectomy with proximal artery ligation, removing the hematoma. She improved and was discharged 1 month later.

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Keywords

1 month
 
computed tomography
 
proximal artery ligation
 
ruptured intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm
 
upper lobectomy
 
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery