Pseudoaneurysm Following Modified Blalock-Taussig
Shunt : A Rare Complication Mimicking Pulmonary
Disease
YUPADA PONGPROT, MD*, SUCHA Y A SILVILAIRA T, MD*,
SURIN WORAGIDPOONPOL, MD**, REKWAN SITTIWANGKUL, MD*,
CHARLIE PHORNPHUTKUL, MD*
Affiliation : * Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics,
** Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University,
Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
AbstractThe authors report a pseudoaneurysm in a 2-year-old boy presenting with fever, increasing
cyanosis and right upper lung shadowing on a chest radiograph at six weeks following modified
Blalock-Taussig shunt surgery. Echocardiography and a CT scan of the chest revealed a large pseudo
aneurysm originating from the right subclavian artery at the proximal insertion of modified Blalock
Taussig shunt. The patient underwent aneurysmal resection, Blalock-Taussig shunt removal, right
subclavian artery ligation and the creation of a central shunt between the ascending aorta and main
pulmonary artery. Unfortunately, the patient died 3 hours after the operation.
Keywords : Pseudoaneurysm, Blalock-Taussig Shunt
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