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Tuberculous hilar lymph nodes leading to tracheopulmonary artery fistula and pseudoaneurysm of pulmonary artery.

Fatimi SH, Javed MA, Ahmad U, Siddiqi BI, Salahuddin N

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Tracheopulmonary artery fistula is an extremely rare condition. We report the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with massive hemoptysis. He was found to have tuberculous mediastinal lymph nodes that had eroded into the pulmonary artery and anterior tracheal wall, leading to a pseudoaneurysm of the right pulmonary artery and a tracheopulmonary artery fistula.

Published 25 October 2006 in Ann Thorac Surg, 82(5): e35-6.
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