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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pubmed-33502282012-05-17 Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management Corr, Peter 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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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management |
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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management |
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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management |
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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management |
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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as a Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Diagnosis and Management |
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pulmonary artery aneurysm as a cause of massive hemoptysis: diagnosis and management |
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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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Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
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2011 |
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