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Resumen
RODRIGUEZ ROJAS, Greivin; LEIVA GABRIEL, Kevin y MARIN DELGADO, Astrid. Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a cause of sudden death: Case report and literature review. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.1, pp.12-17. ISSN 2215-5287.
Objective:
Correlate the generalities of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and current diagnostic methods available for pulmonary artery aneurysm with sudden death of these patients.
Materials and methods:
Review of medical record, autopsy analysis and scientific literature.
Case presentation:
A 39-year-old male with a history of pulmonary hypertension, who consulted for sudden dyspnea. The case was approached as a pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient presented bad clinical evolution and died. Autopsy revealed an aneurysm of the pulmonary artery.
Conclusion:
Aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are rare. The clinical presentation is nonspecific. The most reliable diagnostic methods are clinical suspicion and imaging methods, however they remain a cause of sudden death; whose finding is postmortem.
Palabras clave : Aneurysm; Pulmonar Hypertension; Dispnea; Hemoptysis.