We report a case of a 46-year old man who presented with spontaneous bright red blood per mouth for several months. The patient had history of aortic coarctation repair at age 17. Endoscopy and nasopharyngeoscopy revealed no source of bleeding. Computed tomography scan revealed the presence of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm with the formation of an aortobronchial fistula (ABF). This case illust...

A 64-year old man had a history of two myocardial infarctions recurrent episodes of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia and hemoptysis. Cineangiocardiographic studies showed an anomalous vessel connecting the left coronary artery with a peripheral branch of the right pulmonary artery. Although several coronary obstructive lesions and abnormalities in the distribution of the circumflex branches w...

Aortobronchial fistula (ABF) induced by an infected pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta is a life-threatening condition. As surgical treatment associated with significant mortality and morbidity, endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) may be alternative for ABF. However, long-term durability this intervention largely unknown recurrence ABF potential complication. We experienced case recurrent af...

massive hemoptysis is one of the most important respiratory emergencies and pulmonary infiltrating diseases are among the rare causes of hemoptysis. bronchial artery embolization (bae) is a safe and effective treatment in these patients. our case was a 45 years old woman with a 7 year history of hodgkin's lymphoma who presented with massive hemoptysis of 20 days duration. ct scan revealed prebr...

This report deals with a patient of 86 who developed a carotid-cavernous fistula. Artificial embolization alone was considered the safest treatment for this patient and proved to be adequate. Post-operative preservation of the patency of the internal carotid artery was demonstrated by angiography. We believe this method is particularly appropriate for carotid-cavernous fistulas if it is demonst...

A 62-year-old man with a heavy background of the right upper lobe squamous cell carcinoma was admitted massive hemoptysis. Computerized tomography (CT) showed large lesion infiltration mediastinum and airways. pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm slightly bulging into main bronchus seen, suspicious for bronchial fistula. combined endotracheal angiographic approach done. The angiogram now occluded ne...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and clinical effectiveness of a covered retrievable expandable nitinol stent for the treatment of malignant tracheobronchial stricture and/or esophagorespiratory fistula (ERF). MATERIALS AND METHODS With fluoroscopic guidance, stents were placed in 35 symptomatic patients with malignant tracheobronchial stricture and/or ERF in most cases caused by lung or esopha...