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Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Presenting As Pneumonia and Hemoptysis: An Atypical Presentation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We report a case of an 83-year-old female patient, known to have multiple comorbidities, who presented to our hospital with pleuritic chest pain, productive cough with yellowish sputum and hemoptysis. Chest X-ray demonstrated left upper lobe infiltrate with high inflammatory markers. The patient was admitted as a case of community-acquired pneumonia with suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). QuantiFERON-TB and Mycobacterium tuberculosis polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with septic workup, including blood and urine cultures, were sent; intravenous antibiotic was started empirically. During the patient’s hospital course, her hemoptysis worsened, and she was ultimately diagnosed with a thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm with an associated surrounding hematoma.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.80618

Authors: Hassan H Quadri, Feras Beitar, Yousof O Rayes, Osman Ahmedfiqi

Institutions: Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital, National Guard Health Affairs

Language: English

Topic: Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408471971

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