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Kim, Kim, Cho, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Kim, Kang, Cho, and Lee: Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Treated with NBCA: A Case Report
Interventional Radiology
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2011; 64(3): 245-248.

Published online: 31 March 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2011.64.3.245

Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Treated with NBCA: A Case Report

Seon-Jeong Kim, M.D., Jae Hyung Kim, M.D., Woo Ho Cho, M.D., Myeong Ja Jeong, M.D., Soung Hee Kim, M.D., Ji-Young Kim, M.D., Soo Hyun Kim, M.D., Mi-Jin Kang, M.D., Hyun Sun Cho, M.D., Jihae Lee, M.D.

1Department of Radiology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Jae Hyung Kim, M.D., Department of Radiology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine 761-1, Sanggye 7-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-707, Korea. Tel. 82-2-950-1188, Fax. 82-2-950-1220, kimjaehyung@paik.ac.kr

Received 16 July 2010       Accepted 28 September 2010

Copyright © 2011 The Korean Society of Radiology

Abstract

Bronchial artery aneurysm is a very rare entity. Until the last decade, bronchial artery aneurysm was usually treated by surgery, but transcatheter embolization has become the first choice for treating bronchial artery aneurysm. Various embolic materials were used in the previous reports, yet embolization with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) is uncommon. Thus, we report here on a case of bronchial artery aneurysm that was successfully treated with NBCA.

Keywords: Bronchial Arteries, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Embolization, Therapeutic, Enbucrilate

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Fig. 1

A 75-year-old man with bronchial artery aneurysm.

A. Chest contrast-enhanced CT scan shows a round enhancing lesion at the origin of left bronchial artery with enlarged bronchial arteries.
B. Left anterior oblique bronchial angiogram shows afferent vessel (arrow), bronchial artery aneurysm and origin of efferent vessel.
C. Left anterior oblique bronchial angiogram shows bronchial artery aneurysm with tortuous efferent vessel (large arrow). The bronchial artery aneurysm forms a fistula (arrowheads) with part of the pulmonary artery (small arrows).
D. Bronchial angiogram after embolization shows occlusion of afferent vessel, aneurysm, efferent vessel. Some pulmonary arterial branches are also embolized.
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