[Successful thoracoscopic ligation and transection of racemose hemangioma of bronchial artery].
We used thoracoscopy for the successful ligation and transection of a racemose hemangioma of bronchial artery. The patient was a 61-year-old woman who had been admitted to our hospital because of hemoptysis. Bronchoscopic examination revealed bulging lesions covered with normal bronchial mucosa in the right B5 and B8, and bronchial arteriography revealed a shunt between the right bronchial arteries and pulmonary arteries and veins. Ligation and transection of the right bronchial artery under thoracoscopy was performed. Hemoptysis has not recurred 9 months after the operation. Thoracoscopic ligation and transection of bronchial artery may be an effective and less invasive procedure for the treatment of racemose hemangioma.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus.
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Kanamori
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Nakamura
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A
Nakamoto
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Shinzato
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Tateyama
T
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Kakazu
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Saito
T
T
Kuda
D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome