Necrotizing Pneumonia Complicated by Pulmonary Artery and Middle Cerebral Artery Pseudoaneurysms in A Healthy Young Child in Saudi Arabia

Embolization of pulmonary and systemic mycotic pseudoaneurysms in a pediatric patient

“…Mycotic PSAs in children are uncommon, with most reported cases due to prior iatrogenic arterial injury, often in the setting of cardiac surgery. The rare formation of mycotic PSAs without prior iatrogenic trauma have been in the setting of necrotizing pneumonia, abscess formation or systemic bacterial infection, with most described as solitary and focal [ 2 , 3 ]. Of note, 1 case report describes multiple pulmonary pseudoaneurysms (PPSAs) developing in a patient with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection which raises the possibility that concomitant MRSA and COVID-19 infection in our patient increased her susceptibility to vascular injury [4] .…”