title: Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus: a possible mistake.
abstract: We present a case of a 57 year old woman who suffered from massive hemoptysis; she was sent to our Department for a suspect neoformant lesion. We assumed it might be a Dielafoy's disease and proceeded with an imaging study that confirmed the diagnosis. After embolization the patient no longer showed signs of bleeding. In brief, we concluded that whenever there is a suspect of Dielafoy's disease, the biopsy has to be avoided.
authors.affiliation: SS, Antonio e Biagio e C, Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy. ebarisione@ospedale.al.it.
authors.forename: Emanuela E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Barisione
authors.forename: Gabriele G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: Silvia S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ravera
authors.forename: Mario M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Salio