Pseudoaneurysm following modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: A rare complication mimicking pulmonary disease

• Main Authors: Pongprot Y., Woragidpoonpol S., Phornphutkul C., Silvilairat S., Sittiwangkul R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038123178&partnerID=40&md5=aaf6cd3dcac5c52859d9ce6757abd8fa; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12757083; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3368
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The authors report a pseudoaneurysm in a 2-year-old boy presenting with fever, increasing cyanosis and right upper lung shadowing on a chest radiograph at six weeks following modified Blalock-Taussig shunt surgery. Echocardiography and a CT scan of the chest revealed a large pseudoaneurysm originati...