Massive hemoptysis due to anastomosis between the left phrenic artery and pulmonary arteries/veins

Adv Respir Med. 2020;88(5):458-461. doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2020.0136.

Abstract

Massive hemoptysis is a serious medical condition or emergency which needs immediate treatment. It typically appears in the bronchial arteries and can be caused by a wide range of pulmonary diseases. This report is based on a very rare case of a patient bleeding from an anastomosis between the left phrenic artery and pulmonary arteries/veins. In this case, the chest computed tomography had detected changes which required doctors to perform a successful embolization.

Keywords: anastomosis; embolization; hemoptysis; phrenic artery; pulmonary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Anastomosis*
  • Bronchial Arteries* / abnormalities
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Hemoptysis* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery* / abnormalities