Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management

Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Prompt radiological diagnosis and management are essential. I present a case of an inflammatory pulmonary aneurysm (Rasmussen aneurysm) from active pulmonary tuberculosis. This is an uncommon cause for massive hemoptysis which was successfu...

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Autor principal: Corr, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/141563
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description Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Prompt radiological diagnosis and management are essential. I present a case of an inflammatory pulmonary aneurysm (Rasmussen aneurysm) from active pulmonary tuberculosis. This is an uncommon cause for massive hemoptysis which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling.
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spelling pubmed-33502282012-05-17 Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management Corr, Peter Case Rep Radiol Case Report Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Prompt radiological diagnosis and management are essential. I present a case of an inflammatory pulmonary aneurysm (Rasmussen aneurysm) from active pulmonary tuberculosis. This is an uncommon cause for massive hemoptysis which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3350228/ /pubmed/22606538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/141563 Text en Copyright © 2011 Peter Corr. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management
title_full Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management
title_fullStr Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management
title_short Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management
title_sort pulmonary artery aneurysm as a cause of massive hemoptysis: diagnosis and management
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350228/
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