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VOLUME 10 , ISSUE 1 ( January-April, 2021 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Intercostal Artery Aneurysm in a Child with Disseminated Tuberculosis and Coexistent Takayasu Arteritis: A Rare Case Report

Poonam Sherwani, Mriganki Choudhary, Yash Shrivastava, Pankaj Sharma

Keywords : Intercostal artery, Takayasu arteritis, tuberculosis

Citation Information : Sherwani P, Choudhary M, Shrivastava Y, Sharma P. Intercostal Artery Aneurysm in a Child with Disseminated Tuberculosis and Coexistent Takayasu Arteritis: A Rare Case Report. Indian J Respir Care 2021; 10 (1):129-131.

DOI: 10.4103/ijrc.ijrc_41_20

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Published Online: 06-12-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2021; Indian Journal of Respiratory Care.


Abstract

Intercostal (IC) artery aneurysm due to underlying tuberculosis (TB) is very rare in adults and even rarer in children, and very few cases have been reported so far. The underlying mechanism is due to erosion of the arterial wall due to adjacent inflammation such as empyema, pericarditis, or cavitatory lesion. Aortic pseudoaneurysm or Rasmussen aneurysm is common in pulmonary TB. However, asymptomatic and incidentally detected pseudoaneurysm of the right IC artery in a child with disseminated TB is infrequent. Although the association of TB and Takayasu arteritis (TA) is well known, the association of IC artery aneurysm due to underlying TB along with TA has not been reported previously.

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