Tuberc Respir Dis.  2002 Aug;53(2):216-220. 10.4046/trd.2002.53.2.216.

A case of abnormally exposed nodular shaped-bronchial vessel occurred massive hemorrhage during bronchoscopy

• Chae SY
• You MB
• Kang KH
• Lee BS
• Chae EH
• Joo EH
• Kim MC
• Cho WH
• Oh YL
• Lee SI
• Kim HJ
• Lee HJ

• KMID: 1320438
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2002.53.2.216

Abstract

A 43 years old woman with a previous history of healed tuberculosis presented with a recurrent hemoptysis. On a broncoscopy inspection, three nodular shaped mass-like lesions (0.5cm in diameter) were found on the right lower lobar bronchus. Massive hemoptysis occurred when the specimen were taken during bronchoscopy. The bleeding could not be controlled by non-surgical treatment. Consequently, she underwent a right lower lobectomy in order to control the bleeding. The patient died of respiratory failure 3 days later. A brochoscopic biopsy revealed an abnormal blood vessel just beneath the bronchial respiratory epithelium.

Keyword

bronchoscopy; mass-like lesion; massive hemoptysis; abnormal blood vessel

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Biopsy