Even after vigorous attempts to identify the cause of it in almost 30% of the cases no definite etiology can be found. With underlying abnormality etiological analysis gets easier, but time and again, hemoptysis patients may have completely normal X ray chest. The common causes of hemoptysis in practice are Tuberculosis (endobronchial), CA lung, tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung infa...

The sensitivities of the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan (GM) assays in 48 patients with pulmonary aspergilloma were 38% (13 of 34; 95% confidence interval [CI], 22%-56%) and 92% (33 of 36; 95% CI, 78%-98%), respectively. The positivity of serum GM assays was significantly higher in patients with hemoptysis than in those without hemoptysis (52% vs 9%; P=.02).

Hemoptysis associated with sexual arousal is thought to be secondary to cardiac dysfunction brought on by the physiologic stress of sexual activity. A patient who presented with hemoptysis occurring only during episodes of sexual stimulation was subsequently found to have cardiac amyloidosis.

OBJECTIVES To report our experience with bronchial arteriography and bronchial artery embolization (BAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of clinical experience to evaluate the demographics, clinical presentation, radiographic studies, bronchoscopy, and complications of bronchial arteriography and BAE at Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN, from 1981 to 2000. RESULTS Fifty-four patients under...

We describe a 37-year-old who presented with hemoptysis. Twenty-one years previously he had undergone Dacron patch aortoplasty for coarctation. Initial investigations failed to reveal the cause of the hemoptysis. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) demonstrated an aneurysm at the site of the repair. He underwent successful repair of the aneurysm with a Gelseal interpositional graft.

Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination with systematic bronchial lavage was performed in ten patients with massive hemoptysis. Localization of the bleeding to the distal segments of the bronchial tree and endobronchial balloon tamponade were achieved in all cases. The technique is rapid, simple, and effective in controlling life-threatening hemoptysis in patients who are unsuitable for r...

We report a case of an acute episode of massive hemoptysis in a diagnosed patient of Behcet's disease, managed conservatively, using angio-guided vascular plug and coils for occluding the multiple bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms with thoracic surgery backup. The episode of massive hemoptysis was caused by ruptured Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms (PAA).

Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Prompt radiological diagnosis and management are essential. I present a case of an inflammatory pulmonary aneurysm (Rasmussen aneurysm) from active pulmonary tuberculosis. This is an uncommon cause for massive hemoptysis which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling.

This is the first reported case of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patch placement complicated by hemoptysis. It is also notable because the patient's massive hemoptysis was managed by a balloon occlusion catheter inserted into the segmental bronchus through the endotracheal tube with fluoroscopic guidance.

Objectives: Pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis are the major causes of massive hemoptysis in developing countries. Lung resection remains the surgical treatment of choice. This may not always be possible and may even be hazardous in some patients due to ®brosis and dense vascular adhesions between the lung and the chest wall. This leads to marked blood loss and control of hilar vessels b...