Rare cause for hemoptysis in an adolescent: Bronchial capillary hemangioma.
Hemoptysis is rare in children and adolescents. We describe an 11-year-old girl who presented with hemoptysis, cough, and exertional dyspnea. Radiologic and bronchoscopic assessment revealed a pedunculated mass in the right main stem bronchus with a ball valve effect. Carcinoid or hemangioma was suspected as cause of the mass. The tumor could be excised bronchoscopically, and histologic examination showed a capillary hemangioma. In the literature, bronchial hemangiomas are described in infants and adults. This case demonstrates that bronchial hemangioma should also be taken into consideration as a cause of hemoptysis in adolescents.
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Susanne
S
Hämmerling
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany.
Sebastian
S
Becker
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.|Department of Translational Pulmonology, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
bronchoscopy; hemoptysis; pulmonary neoplasm