Fatal hemoptysis due to lung abscess and pulmoaortic fistula.
A 79-year-old man was hospitalized because of staphylococcal sepsis, and subsequently died from massive hemoptysis. Autopsy revealed a lung abscess which had eroded into the aorta. Severe atherosclerosis of the aorta may have been an important contributing factor.
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Department of Medicine, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT.
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*