Radiotherapy for massive haemoptysis from an aspergilloma.
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Radiotherapy for massive haemoptysis from an aspergilloma.
Recurrent haemoptysis is common in patients with an aspergilloma and occasionally is large enough to be life-threatening or even fatal.' We report the first case in which massive haemoptysis from an asper-gilloma has been treated with radiotherapy and suggest that this method should be more widely used when there are contraindications to surgery. Case report This man (AK), aged 42 years, presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.35.12.953