Haemoptysis associated with pulmonary varices: demonstration using computed tomographic angiography
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Haemoptysis associated with pulmonary varices: demonstration using computed tomographic angiography.
A 67 yr old female with mitral stenosis presented with an acute haemoptysis caused by the rupture of pulmonary varices. Chest radiography and bronchoscopy showed nonspecific abnormalities. The diagnosis of this rare but potentially lethal complication was made using computed tomographic angiography with three-dimensional volume rendering.
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1 Hospital Mater Dei; Department of Internal Medicine, Grupo de Estudo da Hemostasia e Trombose (GETHe), Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2 Instituto de Previdência do Estado de Minas Gerais, Department of Internal Medicine, GETHe, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 3 Hospital Mater Dei, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 4 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12040989