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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr:69:8-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.023. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Rasmussen aneurysm: A rare but not gone complication of tuberculosis

Ángela María Giraldo-Montoya  1 , Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales  2 , Juan David Hernández-Hurtado  3 , Álvaro López-Salazar  1 , Guillermo J Lagos-Grisales  4 , Víctor H Ruiz-Granada  3
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Rasmussen aneurysm: A rare but not gone complication of tuberculosis

Ángela María Giraldo-Montoya et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Apr.
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Abstract

This report describes the case of a 30-year-old homeless man from Pereira, Colombia with tuberculosis, who presented with massive hemoptysis and associated aneurysm of the left upper lobe (Rasmussen aneurysm). Computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction confirmed the aneurysm, and embolization was performed successfully.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Colombia; Complications; Tuberculosis.

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