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- Title
Massive, life-threatening hemoptysis due to localized granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
- Authors
Coviello, Eleonora; Puma, Francesco; Pourmolkara, Domenico; Mandarano, Martina; Napolitano, Antonio Giulio
- Abstract
Massive hemoptysis may be related to a wide spectrum of diseases whose differential diagnosis can be challenging, also due to the medical emergency condition. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman presented to our department with sudden, life-threatening hemoptysis from unknown etiology, which required a rescue pulmonary lobectomy after resuscitation maneuvers. Histology proved to be a localized Wegener granulomatosis. Our case shows that granulomatosis should always be considered among the possible, although rarer, causes of massive hemoptysis.
- Subjects
GRANULOMATOSIS with polyangiitis; HEMOPTYSIS; MEDICAL emergencies; LOBECTOMY (Lung surgery); DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s13019-023-02302-5