Massive haemoptysis caused by congenital absence of a segment of inferior vena cava.
A patient with congenital absence of a part of the inferior vena cava is described. This resulted in spontaneous rupture of a bronchial vein leading to massive haemoptysis.
Ashour
M H
MH
Jain
S K
SK
Kattan
K M
KM
el-Bakry
A K
AK
Khoshim
M
M
Mesahel
F M
FM
D000328:Adult; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001980:Bronchi / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014680:Veins; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging