Tuberculous hilar lymph nodes leading to tracheopulmonary artery fistula and pseudoaneurysm of pulmonary artery.

Fatimi, Saulat H; Javed, Muhammad A; Ahmad, Usman; Siddiqi, Buland I; Salahuddin, Nawal · Ann Thorac Surg · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Tracheopulmonary artery fistula is an extremely rare condition. We report the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with massive hemoptysis. He was found to have tuberculous mediastinal lymph nodes that had eroded into the pulmonary artery and anterior tracheal wall, leading to a pseudoaneurysm of the right pulmonary artery and a tracheopulmonary artery fistula.

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