IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM (PAA) MIMICKING AS CAVITY, A RARE ENTITY

Aneurysms of Pulmonary Arteries (PAs) and trunk are rare. Infection, structural cardiac anomalies, structural vascular anomalies and pulmonary hypertension are among the most common underlying risk factors for developing Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms (PAAs). Idiopathic, isolated aneurysms also do occur, but they are very rare entity. Owing to advances in diagnostic imaging methods such as Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and echocardiography, nowadays reports and identification of these clinical entities have increased. We report a 62-year-old female presented to our outpatient department with complaint of haemoptysis and was diagnosed to have left Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm (PAA).