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Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma

Aspergillomas are fungal balls developing in pre-existing lung cavities, which are most commonly secondary to tuberculosis. Aspergillomas can cause hemoptysis due to erosion of the blood vessels in cavity walls, which can often be recurrent, massive, and life-threatening. Bronchial artery embolizati...

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Autores principales: Prasad, B P K, Ray, Brijesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_335_16
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description Aspergillomas are fungal balls developing in pre-existing lung cavities, which are most commonly secondary to tuberculosis. Aspergillomas can cause hemoptysis due to erosion of the blood vessels in cavity walls, which can often be recurrent, massive, and life-threatening. Bronchial artery embolization is considered to be the treatment of choice for short-term control of hemoptysis, and lobectomy as the definitive treatment for aspergilloma. We present a unique observation in two cases of aspergilloma where the fungal balls disappeared radiologically after bronchial artery embolization performed for massive hemoptysis.
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spelling pubmed-55103212017-07-25 Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma Prasad, B P K Ray, Brijesh Indian J Radiol Imaging Intervention Radiology & Vascular Aspergillomas are fungal balls developing in pre-existing lung cavities, which are most commonly secondary to tuberculosis. Aspergillomas can cause hemoptysis due to erosion of the blood vessels in cavity walls, which can often be recurrent, massive, and life-threatening. Bronchial artery embolization is considered to be the treatment of choice for short-term control of hemoptysis, and lobectomy as the definitive treatment for aspergilloma. We present a unique observation in two cases of aspergilloma where the fungal balls disappeared radiologically after bronchial artery embolization performed for massive hemoptysis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5510321/ /pubmed/28744084 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_335_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title_full Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title_fullStr Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title_full_unstemmed Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title_short Singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
title_sort singular observation of a desirable change after bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis in intracavitary aspergilloma
topic Intervention Radiology & Vascular
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_335_16
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