A Case of Aortobronchial Fistula with Massive Hemoptysis after Aortic Stent Graft
Author(s) -
Sang Yon Hwang,
Jae Ho Chung,
Moo Suk Park,
Hong Jeong Kim,
Chang Hoon Hahn,
Jin Wook Moon,
Se Kyu Kim,
Joon Chang,
Sung Kyu Kim,
Jong Yun Won,
Young Sam Kim
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 0378-0066
DOI - 10.4046/trd.2004.56.4.405
Subject(s) - medicine , fistula , pseudoaneurysm , stent , bronchus , radiology , aortic arch , surgery , aneurysm , aorta , left main bronchus , thoracic aortic aneurysm , bronchoscopy , aortic aneurysm , respiratory disease , lung
Aortobronchial fistula may cause a massive fatal hemoptysis. Recently prosthetic aortic graft insertion or endovascular stent graft is a cause of aortobronchial fistula. We report a rare case of hemoptysis from a fistula between an aortic arch aneurysm and the left main bronchus in a patient who had undergone an endovascular stent graft in pseudoaneurysm of descending thoracic aorta one year before.
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