Massive haemoptysis due to chronic pancreatitis: control with inferior phrenic artery embolization.
Massive haemoptysis is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis. We describe a patient with massive haemoptysis due to chronic pancreatitis who was treated successfully by means of selective inferior phrenic artery embolization.
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Department of Surgery, Teikyo School of Medicine, 2-11 Kaga 2-Chome, Itabashi-Ku, 173, Tokyo, Japan. takanami@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*