Chest
Volume 109, Issue 6, June 1996, Pages 1643-1644
Roentgenogram of the MonthHilar Mass in a Patient With Chest Pain
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Diagnosis: Proximal Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm
A CT scan of the chest with intravenously administered contrast medium (Fig 2) showed dilation (>4 cm) of the pulmonary trunk and of the right and left pulmonary arteries, calcification within the posterior wall, and a low attentuated area in the right pulmonary artery suggesting thrombus formation.
Clinical manifestations of pulmonary artery aneurysms are nonspecific. However, an aneurysm should be considered when a chest roentgenogram shows a mass lesion suggestive of a vascular cause. The
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