Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma

Lung metastasis is a rare cause of hemoptysis. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective intervention for treatment of hemoptysis with various underlying etiologies. A 28-year-old man with a known history of malignant melanoma in the neck from 6 years ago and lung metastasis from 1 year ago refe...

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Autores principales: Rad, Masoud Pezeshki, Davoudi, Yasmin, Basiri, Reza, Abbasi, Bita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191497
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description Lung metastasis is a rare cause of hemoptysis. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective intervention for treatment of hemoptysis with various underlying etiologies. A 28-year-old man with a known history of malignant melanoma in the neck from 6 years ago and lung metastasis from 1 year ago referred to the Emergency Department of our teaching hospital with the chief complaint of hemoptysis. Chest x-ray and pulmonary CT-scan showed multiple pulmonary nodules with different sizes in both lung parenchyma. The patient's hemoptysis did not resolve completely in spite of appropriate medical treatment. The patient was then referred to the endovascular unit of the vascular department in our hospital and underwent bilateral bronchial artery embolization. With this procedure his symptoms resolved completely and he was discharged after a week.
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spelling pubmed-41532792014-09-04 Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma Rad, Masoud Pezeshki Davoudi, Yasmin Basiri, Reza Abbasi, Bita Tanaffos Case Report Lung metastasis is a rare cause of hemoptysis. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective intervention for treatment of hemoptysis with various underlying etiologies. A 28-year-old man with a known history of malignant melanoma in the neck from 6 years ago and lung metastasis from 1 year ago referred to the Emergency Department of our teaching hospital with the chief complaint of hemoptysis. Chest x-ray and pulmonary CT-scan showed multiple pulmonary nodules with different sizes in both lung parenchyma. The patient's hemoptysis did not resolve completely in spite of appropriate medical treatment. The patient was then referred to the endovascular unit of the vascular department in our hospital and underwent bilateral bronchial artery embolization. With this procedure his symptoms resolved completely and he was discharged after a week. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4153279/ /pubmed/25191497 Text en Copyright © 2014 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma
title_full Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma
title_fullStr Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma
title_full_unstemmed Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma
title_short Bronchial Artery Embolization as a Treatment of Hemoptysis Induced by Pulmonary Metastasis from Malignant Melanoma
title_sort bronchial artery embolization as a treatment of hemoptysis induced by pulmonary metastasis from malignant melanoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191497
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