[Uncommun etiology of hemoptysis: aorto-bronchial fistula from tuberculous origin]

ABSTRACT

Aorto-bronchial fistula is a rare etiology of hemoptysis. We related an observation of aorto-bronchial fistula from a tuberculous origin in a 40 years old man. The patient was treated for tuberculous miliary during four months and was admitted for hemoptysis. A chest radiograph showed a posterior madiastinal mass. Computed tomography of the chest and aortography made the diagnosis of an important thrombosed aneurism of the thoracic aorta Tuberculosis origin was suspected with history of miliary, the vertebral lesions, the paravertebral fuseau and was confirmed by histology