Acta Med. 2008, 51: 241-243
https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.32
Ruptured Bronchial Artery Aneurysm: Case Report
Filip Čečkaa, Jan Raupach
b, Petr Hoffmann
b, Petr Motyčka
a, Milan Štětina
c, Čestmír Neoral
d
aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Surgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Radiology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
cCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Cardiosurgery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
dPalacký University, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Olomouc, Department of Surgery, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Received December 1, 2008
Accepted December 1, 2008
Bronchial artery aneurysm is a very rare condition. Its rupture can cause a life threatening hemorrhage. We report a case of a 50-year-old patient with a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm who presented with epigastric pain. It is the first published case with such signs of a rupture of a bronchial artery aneurysm. CT scan confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was treated with endovascular embolization.
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