Case reports of catamenial haemoptysis are uncommon. We report the first case of thoracic endometriosis associated with clomiphene citrate therapy and previously unpublished endobronchial and angiographic findings.

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...

A 41-year-old woman who suffered from monthly haemoptysis for .16 years was referred to a chest surgeon due to an abnormal chest radiograph. The haemoptysis usually occurred on the first day of her menses and lasted ,3 days. She had poliomyelitis during her childhood and underwent two caesarean sections about two decades previously. There was no prior history of dysmenorrhoeal or abnormal vagin...

Arteriovenous malformation of the head and neck is a rare vascular anomaly but when present is persistent and progressive in nature and can represent a lethal benign disease. An unusual case is presented of an arteriovenous malformation of the base of tongue in a 32-year-old primigravida at 23.2 weeks of gestation with a history of haemoptysis. The patient was admitted to hospital with 10.7 g/d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of alarm symptoms for specified non-cancer diagnoses and cancer diagnoses in primary care. DESIGN Cohort study using the general practice research database. SETTING 128 general practices in the UK contributing data, 1994-2000. PARTICIPANTS 762 325 patients aged 15 or older. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Up to 15 pre-specified, non-cancer diagnoses asso...