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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2022; 10(05): 253-255
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750131
Case Report

Urgent Pneumonectomy as a Result of an Endoleak Type III—A Late Complication after Aortic Stent Implantation

Andreas Kirschbaum 
1   Clinic for Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Andreas Mahnken
2   Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Pascal Wallot
3   Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Nikolas Mirow
4   Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Abstract

We report on an octogenarian, who was hospitalized with acute hemoptysis. Computed tomography angiography revealed a monstrously large thrombosed aortic aneurysm in the left thoracic cavity, completely displacing the lung. Eighteen years ago, the patient had suffered traumatic rupture of the descending aorta loco typico. Surgical exploration revealed a large calcified aneurysmal sac, which had perforated into the left lung. Pneumonectomy was performed, and hemoptysis did not reoccur.

Keywords

aortic stent - late complication - endoleak Type III - aortic aneurysm - pneumonectomy


Publication History

Received: 26 January 2021

Accepted: 12 April 2022

Article published online:
20 December 2022

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