Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm embolisation to treat massive haemoptysis due to metastatic oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jun 26;12(6):e230283. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230283.

Authors

Priyan Tantrige¹, Edward Johnston¹, Giorgio Garzillo¹, Dean Y Huang¹

Affiliation

¹ King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer intervention; interventional radiology; lung cancer (oncology); palliative procedures; radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / therapy*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Computed Tomography Angiography
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Hemoptysis / therapy*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / complications*
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging