title: [A case of bronchial arterial aneurysm associated with recurrent massive hemoptysis].
abstract: A 69-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of massive hemoptysis. Bronchial arteriography showed no abnormal findings. Bronchoscopic findings revealed a small, reddish elevated lesion on the posterior surface of the left upper lobe bronchus. Since the patient developed massive hemoptysis four times in a month, he underwent ligation and transection of the left bronchial artery, and bronchoplasty. Histopathologically, the resected tissue showed a bronchial arterial aneurysm without any inflammatory changes. We concluded that the aneurysm had developed in a malformed vessel.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi Matsumoto.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inou
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasabayashi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Tomonobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Keisaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kondou
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanyuuda
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures