External-beam radiotherapy for massive hemoptysis complicating mediastinal fibrosis

South Med J. 2008 Oct;101(10):1056-8. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31817e9dad.

Abstract

Fibrosing mediastinitis with bronchial artery hypervascularity is a rare cause of massive hemoptysis. Conventional therapies for massive hemoptysis include pulmonary or bronchial artery embolization, endobronchial tamponade, or lung resection. A patient with fibrosing mediastinitis presented with refractory massive hemoptysis associated with bronchial hypervascularity and was treated with external-beam radiotherapy (XRT). The application of XRT for massive hemoptysis in malignant and nonmalignant disease of the thorax is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Hemoptysis / radiotherapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / complications
  • Mediastinitis / radiotherapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / radiotherapy*