SWAN-GANZ CATHETER-INDUCED PULMONARY-ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM - A CASE OF COMPLETE RESOLUTION WITHOUT INTERVENTION

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is a well-recognized and potentially l ethal complication of pulmonary artery catheterization. A surgical or interventional radiologic approach has been advocated as the treatment of first choice. A pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm developed in 70-ye ar-old woman after the insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter for an abdomi nal aortic aneurysm. Over a 4-month period the pseudoaneurysm regresse d and disappeared radiologically. This represents the first report of such an occurrence. The radiographic findings and review of the litera ture are discussed.