Published in Irish Journal of Medical Science
BackgroundBronchial artery embolisation (BAE) has been established as an effective technique in the emergency treatment of life-threatening haemoptysis. However, few data concerning outcome are available.AimsTo evaluate the short-term and long-term results of BAE in patients treated for life-threatening haemoptysis.MethodsA retrospective analysis o...
Published in Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
We present the case of a 77-year-old man with oral hemorrhage and blood clots, with no cough or vomiting. A varicose lesion in the valleculae was established as the source of bleeding. The condition of the patient was haemodynamically unstable. The bleeding was successfully controlled through suture and diathermy. From that time, there have been no...
Published in Respiration
A young man presented with a short febrile illness associated with signs of cough, sputum and haemoptysis (>200 ml/24 h) to his local hospital. The chest radiograph revealed a small cavity in the upper zone with patchy consolidation. He was kept in isolation awaiting a bronchoscopy for tuberculosis (TB). He developed sudden, severe haemoptysis and ...
Published in Lung India : Official Organ of Indian Chest Society
We report a case of a 65 year old man who presented with haemoptysis. X-ray chest PA view shows mediastinal widening suggestive of mediastinal mass. A CT scan of thorax shows a large aneurysm of ascending aorta & arch of aorta. This an-eurysm is eroding the trachea and abutting the sternum and vertebrae. The patient is VDRL reactive. Haemoptysis is...
Published in Lung India : Official Organ of Indian Chest Society
A case of recurrent haemoptysis due to fibroma is described in a 55 years old male patient. Clinical examination revealed anaemia and bilateral basal crepitations. Chest X - ray showed no abnormality. Bronchoscopy revealed polypoid fibroma in left main bronchus. It was removed bonchoscopically with no recurrence during 12 months follow up.
Published in Respiration
Dieulafoy’s disease of the lung is very rare. We present 2 cases, which are, to our knowledge, the 9th and 10th cases reported in the literature. Haemoptysis is the leading symptom of Dieulafoy’s lesion of the lung. In spite of its rareness, the lesion is relevant to the bronchoscopist because a biopsy of the unobtrusive but characteristic bronchia...
Published in Clinical Rheumatology
The occurrence of follicular bronchiolitis (FB), lymphoid hyperplasia of the bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue, is reported in association with several systemic rheumatic diseases. However, the occurrence of FB in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) is not described. A 64-year-old man with long-standing GCA subsequently presented with haemop...
Published in European Journal of Applied Physiology
Competitive breath-hold divers use glossopharyngeal breathing in order to increase their performance. Glossopharyngeal inhalation (GI) increases the volume of air in the lungs above the total lung capacity, thereby increasing the volume of gas available for pressure equalization at great depth. The reverse procedure, glossopharyngeal exhalation (GE...
Published in Der Pneumologe
Sputum gehört mit Husten und Atemnot zu den wichtigsten Symptomen von Krankheiten der Atmungsorgane. Die Frage nach Farbe, Beschaffenheit und Menge ist in der Anamnese von Patienten unverzichtbar, Hämoptysen erfordern die sofortige Diagnostik.
Published in Angiología
IntroduçãoDescrever o uso de uma técnica endovascular para a reparação de uma fístula aortobrônquica (FAB) com origem num pseudo-aneurismaaorto-anastomóticosecundário a múltiplas cirurgias aórticas, para a reparação de um aneurisma da aorta torácica (AAT) descendente. Caso clínicoHomem de 51 anos, ex-fumador, bebedor com hepatopatia crónica e com l...
