title: Recurrent massive hemoptysis due to postbronchotomy bronchial artery aneurysm: a case report.
abstract: Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare clinical entity. A case of intrapulmonary BAA associated with previous bronchotomy at the same site is described. A 22-year-old woman, who had undergone bronchotomy of the intermediate bronchus for the removal of a foreign body four years previously, presented with recurrent hemoptysis. Because of an increased risk for spinal cord ischemia, she immediately underwent lung resection rather than therapeutic embolization. The incidental finding of a BAA of any cause cannot be assumed to be stable, and immediate management should be undertaken regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lioulias
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Misthos
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kokotsakis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papagiannakis
authors.forename: Elian
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skouteli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence