Massive bilateral hemothorax related to ruptured iliac artery aneurysm: an unusual presentation

Ahmet Ümit Güllü,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5904

Ahmet Ümit Güllü¹, Şahin Şenay², Mehmet Hakan Akay¹, Muharrem Koçyiğit¹, Cem Alhan²

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Acıbadem University, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5904

An abdominal aortic or iliac artery rupture typically presents with central abdominal and back pain, collapse and shock. In this article, we present a very rare case of massive bilateral hemothorax associated with ruptured iliac artery aneurysm. While ruptured iliac artery aneurysm was treated with an emergent endovascular intervention, bilateral tube thoracostomy was performed for hemothorax. The patient was discharged from hospital at the 10th postoperative day in a good condition. At six-months of follow-up, tomographic scan was normal with a reduction in the aneurysm size.

Keywords : Endovascular treatment; isolated iliac artery aneurysm

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