title: Bronchial artery aneurysm.
abstract: Two patients with giant bronchial artery aneurysm at the origin of the bronchial artery from the descending aorta were successfully treated. Both of them had been given a diagnosis of bronchiectasis and found with hemoptysis. One was a 64-year-old woman treated with transcatheter arterial embolization, and the other was a 64-year-old woman treated with surgical ligation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The National Gifu Hospital, Japan. kazuhiro@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography