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Dieulafoy’s disease of the bronchus: a possible mistake
Author(s) -
Emanuela Barisione,
G. Ferretti,
Silvia Ravera,
Mario Salio
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
multidisciplinary respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2049-6958
pISSN - 1828-695X
DOI - 10.4081/mrm.2012.627
Subject(s) - medicine , suspect , disease , lesion , biopsy , mistake , radiology , bronchus , embolization , surgery , general surgery , respiratory disease , pathology , lung , psychology , criminology , political science , law
We present a case of a 57 year old woman who suffered from massive hemoptysis; she was sent to our Department for a suspect neoformant lesion. We assumed it might be a Dielafoy’s disease and proceeded with an imaging study that confirmed the diagnosis. After embolization the patient no longer showed signs of bleeding. In brief, we concluded that whenever there is a suspect of Dielafoy’s disease, the biopsy has to be avoided.