PURPOSE We aimed to identify modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for hemoptysis complicating computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle biopsy. METHODS All procedures performed in our institution from November 2013 to May 2015 were reviewed. Hemoptysis was classified as mild if limited to hemoptoic sputum and abundant otherwise. Presence of intra-alveolar hemorrhage on postbio...

Hemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options for treatment of hemoptysis are limited, particularly when efforts to alleviate pulmonary venous obstruction have failed. Here we describe a patient with hemoptysis associated with stenosis of the central left upper pulmonary...

The patient is a 63-year-old with a history of histoplasmosis who has undergone two prior thoracotomies for diag-nostic wedge resection revealing granulomatous lesions. She presented with hemoptysis and underwent two embo-lization procedures providing temporary control of her hemoptysis. Radiologic examinations revealed a large cavitary partially calcified mass in the right lower lobe. Due to h...

INTRODUCTION Hemoptysis is observed frequently in patients, although chest computed tomography (CT) shows no explainable lesion as the cause of hemoptysis. However, the clinical course of these patients has not been reported fully. METHODS This study included patients who visited Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital to be treated for hemoptysis fro...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) has been established as an effective technique in the emergency treatment of life-threatening hemoptysis, but few data concerning long-term results and complications of the procedure are available. The aim of this study was to analyze retrospectively the experience of BAE in our center with particular emphasis on medium-term and long-term res...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of endobronchial argon plasma coagulation (APC) for the treatment of hemoptysis and neoplastic airway obstruction. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Bronchoscopy unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS A total of 60 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma (n = 43), metastatic tumors affecting the bronchi (n = 14), or benign bronchial disease (n = ...

PURPOSE Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) are major mediators of angiogenesis and are induced by tissue inflammation and hypoxia. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether serum VEGF and Ang-2 are associated with the presence of hemoptysis and the extent of systemic inflammation in patients with inflammatory lung diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS We...

We report on three cases of longstanding pulmonary tuberculosis patients with coronary to bronchial artery fistula (CBF) who presented with recurrent massive hemoptysis. The first and second patients died because of decreased functional pulmonary volume plus massive hemoptysis and cannulation failure of CBF due to hypovolemic vasospasm, respectively. When recurrent hemoptysis occurs despite suc...

Rationale: Data on hemoptysis of unknown origin (i.e., “cryptogenic”) are scarce and the outcome of patients affected is controversial. Objectives: To describe the clinical spectrum and course of patients with cryptogenic hemoptysis, as well as pathologic findings when surgery is performed. Methods: A cohort of 81 patients referred for cryptogenic hemoptysis after clinical evaluation, chest rad...

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder with unknown etiology and is characterized by noncaseating granuloma in involved organs. Sarcoidosis frequency involves the lungs. Common presenting symptoms include cough, dyspnea and chest pain. Massive hemoptysis is a rare presentation in sarcoidosis. There are a few reports on massive hemoptysis in sarcoidosis. We are reporting the case of a 24 year old...