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Pneumologia
; 65(1): 48-50, 2016.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27209842
ABSTRACT
Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. In the presence of pulmonary tuberculosis, massive hemoptysis can result from a number of different causes, with an artery aneurysm being rarely reported. Here we present a case of recurrent massive hemoptysis in a 28-year-old man suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis due to an aneurysmatic lesion of the second intercostal artery. In patients presented with recurrent massive hemoptysis the non-bronchial systemic arterial blood supply should be assessed.