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- Title
Massive hemoptysis due to Rasmussen aneurysm: detection with helicoidal CT angiography and successful steel coil embolization.
- Authors
Picard, Clément; Parrot, Antoine; Boussaud, Véronique; Lavolé, Armelle; Saidi, Faycal; Mayaud, Charles; Carette, Marie France; Picard, Clément; Boussaud, Véronique; Lavolé, Armelle
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To present the successful management of two cases of massive hemoptysis related to pulmonary aneurysms in patients with active tuberculosis.<bold>Design and Setting: </bold>Retrospective study in the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital.<bold>Patients: </bold>Between July 1996 and January 2002, 46 cases of hemoptysis related to active tuberculosis needed ICU admission. In two cases, pulmonary aneurysm was the source of bleeding.<bold>Results: </bold>Diagnosis was suspected on enhanced CT scan and confirmed by pulmonary angiograms. Transcatheter occlusion of pulmonary arterial circulation was successful. Both patients were alive at 1-year follow-up.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Massive hemoptysis occurring in patients with active tuberculosis could arise from pulmonary aneurysms. In such cases, bronchial artery embolization is ineffective. Before referring those patients for emergency surgery, an alternative strategy using angiographic study and transcatheter occlusion of pulmonary arterial circulation might be of interest.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGE; ANEURYSMS; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; PREOPERATIVE care; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; BLOOD vessels; THERAPEUTIC embolization; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED tomography; HEMOPTYSIS; INTRACRANIAL aneurysms; STEEL; DISEASE remission; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DISEASE complications; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2003, Vol 29, Issue 10, p1837
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-003-1912-y