Massive left pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm in a young child.

r p c u r c a m g ulmonary artery (PA) pseudoaneurysm is a rare ut life-threatening disorder. We describe an unsually large PA pseudoaneurysm in a young child hat posed diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. An 18-month-old male child, weighing 7 kg, ad presented with recurrent hemoptysis. Chest -ray showed complete opacification of the left emithorax (Fig. 1). A computerized tomography ngiogram (Figs. 2 and 3) revealed a massive seudoaneurysm arising from the left lower PA. he sheer size of the pseudoaneurysm made convenional surgical approach difficult. A hybrid strategy of ercutaneous closure of the pseudoaneurysm followed y surgical removal was considered.