Mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysm: an unusual complication of ventriculo-atrial shunt. 1981

Elliot T. Gelfand, and John C. Callaghan
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A 23-year-old man with a previous ventriculo-atrial shunt for a pinealoma developed a febrile illness and heart murmur. The condition was thought to be caused by subacute bacterial endocarditis. Further investigation, however, revealed a mycotic left pulmonary artery aneurysm, which was treated by means of a left pneumonectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. Such an aneurysm represents yet another complication of ventriculo-atrial shunting for hydrocephalus.

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