We report a case of hemoptysis occurring after subclavian vein puncture for pacemaker implantation. Hemoptysis related to injury of lung parenchyma is a rare complication of subclavian vein access and is usually self limited, but can affect prognosis in critically ill patients. Venogram-guided or even better wire-guided venous puncture allow safe access to the subclavian vein in difficult cases...

Angiosarcomas are rare, malignant, endothelial-cell tumors of vascular origin that can arise at any body site. They frequently metastasize to the lung, heralded by dyspnea, hemoptysis, chest pain, pneumothoraces, and diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage. However, in most cases lung metastases are discovered after the diagnosis of a primary angiosarcoma has already been established. Very rarely will an ...

Purpose: Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital lung malformation. It is characterized by an abnormal mass of dysplastic lung tissue supplied by an anomalous systemic artery and separated from normal bronchopulmonary tree. Misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment can lead to recurrent pneumonia and fatal hemoptysis. Methods: We report a 45 years female was diagnosed PS, and performed a ...

We evaluate the use of multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) angiography for the depiction of bronchial and non-bronchial systemic arteries (NBSAs), which frequently become enlarged as a secondary finding in a wide array of chronic lung diseases and other diseases that affect the pulmonary vascular system. MDCT angiography has enabled radiologists to provide thin-slice axial images, mult...

The phenomenon of exercise-induced hemoptysis is still relatively underrecognised in humans. We report a case of recurrent hemoptysis brought on by vigorous exercise. A 33-year-old male presented with several episodes of intermittent fresh small-volume hemoptysis reproducible on vigorous exercise. There was no other significant medical history other than a past history of testicular tumor, trea...

ences in gastric wall and arterial blood bicarbonate in the first 120 min of peritonitis, and this is what we found and what we reported. Though we have some difficulty with the focus of your letter, it remains that this paper does not assail the use of tonometry but presents only direct measurements. Our data are in no way contradictory of your comments regarding gastric mucosal pH and your gr...

background: alcohol withdrawal syndrome (aws) is one of the most serious complications associated with chronic alcoholism. sudden deaths are not uncommon in aws. in severe stages of aws, delirium tremens (dt) occurs, which is characterized with agitation, global confusion, disorientation, visual and auditory hallucinations in addition to autonomic hyperactivity. case report: a 30-year old man, ...

Invasive fungal infections have turned out to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients with malignant disorders. Massive hemoptysis, a rare complication of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, may threaten the lives of patients, usually during the resolution of neutropenia. In this report, we describe a patient with massive hemoptysis due to invasive pulmonary asperg...