Massive hemoptysis from Rasmussen's aneurysm in active pulmonary tuberculosis; A case report of successful treatment with bronchial artery embolization

Rasmussen's aneurysm, a very rare complication of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), is a pulmonary artery aneurysm adjacent to or within a tuberculous cavity. It may lead to rupture and life threatening massive hemoptysis, an uncommon but challenging medico-surgical emergency. This complicati...

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Autores principales: Rajamannar, K.V., Kilaru, Hemanth, Aravelly, Srujana, Gudipati, Ananta Ram, Kilaru, Satish Chandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29124005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29124005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.003

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