A case of abnormally exposed nodular shaped-bronchial vessel occurred massive hemorrhage during bronchoscopy.
10.4046/trd.2002.53.2.216
- Author:
Soo Youb CHAE
1
;
Moon Bin YOU
;
Ki Hoon KANG
;
Byung Soo LEE
;
Eun Ha CHAE
;
Eun Hyun JOO
;
Myung Chan KIM
;
Wook Hyun CHO
;
Yong Leul OH
;
Soon Il LEE
;
Hui Jung KIM
;
Hyo Jin LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal medicine, Seoul Adventist Hospital, Seoul, Korea. Hi Kim 61@Hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
bronchoscopy;
mass-like lesion;
massive hemoptysis;
abnormal blood vessel
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Biopsy
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2002;53(2):216-220
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 43 years old woman with a previous history of healed tuberculosis presented with a recurrent hemoptysis. On a broncoscopy inspection, three nodular shaped mass-like lesions (0.5cm in diameter) were found on the right lower lobar bronchus. Massive hemoptysis occurred when the specimen were taken during bronchoscopy. The bleeding could not be controlled by non-surgical treatment. Consequently, she underwent a right lower lobectomy in order to control the bleeding. The patient died of respiratory failure 3 days later. A brochoscopic biopsy revealed an abnormal blood vessel just beneath the bronchial respiratory epithelium.
