[A case of bronchial arterial aneurysm associated with recurrent massive hemoptysis]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2003 Nov;41(11):813-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of massive hemoptysis. Bronchial arteriography showed no abnormal findings. Bronchoscopic findings revealed a small, reddish elevated lesion on the posterior surface of the left upper lobe bronchus. Since the patient developed massive hemoptysis four times in a month, he underwent ligation and transection of the left bronchial artery, and bronchoplasty. Histopathologically, the resected tissue showed a bronchial arterial aneurysm without any inflammatory changes. We concluded that the aneurysm had developed in a malformed vessel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / pathology
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery
  • Bronchi / surgery
  • Bronchial Arteries* / abnormalities
  • Bronchial Arteries* / pathology
  • Bronchial Arteries* / surgery
  • Hemoptysis / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Recurrence
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures