Pulmonary artery rupture in pregnancy complicating patent ductus arteriosus |
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| Authors: | Nicholas J Green Terence P Rollason |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Birmingham Maternity Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham |
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| Abstract: | Fatal haemopericardium in a 27 year old pregnant woman was caused by rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. She had an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus and severe pulmonary hypertension. The wall of the pulmonary artery showed atherosclerosis and cystic medionecrosis. |
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