The occurrence of significant pulmonary hemorrhage associated with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and the incidence of PAVMs in family members of patients with PAVMs and HHT are poorly defined. We reviewed our experience in 143 patients with PAVMs and HHT. Eleven (8 percent) of the 143 patients with HHT and PAVMs had a history of ei...

Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) occurs in horses that race at high speeds, such as Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses. The disease is almost unknown in endurance horses or draft breeds. As a general rule, the more intense the exercise or higher the speed attained, the greater the proportion of horses with EIPH. The prevalence of EIPH varies with the method used to detect it a...

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. Surgical biopsy was usually required for diagnostic confirmation. However, the morbidity, mortality and limited benefit of this procedure have generated discussion regarding noninvasive diagnostic techniques. We present the case of a female patient with progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension, t...

This report describes a five-year-old boy with severe pulmonary hemorrhage caused by primary pulmonary hemosiderosis with cow's milk sensitivity. After failing to respond to corticosteroids and azathioprine, he dramatically improved after being given cyclophosphamide. He worsened after discontinuation of cyclophosphamide on two occasions and improved significantly with its reinstitution. Cyclop...

ABSTRACT Uterine artery embolization (UAE), a minimally invasive procedure used for controlling and managing profuse bleeding in conditions like uterine fibroids, hemorrhage, cases of intractable postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). A wide array complications due to UAE includes pulmonary embolism, ischemia, necrosis, sepsis, death. 27 years old married woman (parity 1+2) presented with complaints mass...

Reported here is the first case of massive infrapuhnonary hemorrhage emerging in the setting of systemic necrotizing vasculitis associated with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG)-positive viral hepatitis. Demonstration of circulating immune complexes, cryoglobulins containing both HBsAg and RBsAb, and resolution of the symptoms following immunosuppressive therapy suggest an immune complex medi...