BACKGROUND Massive hemoptysis is a complication commonly reported in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). An understanding of the pathophysiology of this complication and its consequences is important for the management of patients with CF. OBJECTIVES To identify risk factors associated with massive hemoptysis, and to determine the prognosis of patients following an episode of massive hemoptys...

Massive hemoptysis is described in many disease processes. However, a mediastinal teratoma is rarely considered in a patient presenting with massive hemoptysis. Since a mediastinal teratoma has no specific symptoms, its definitive diagnosis is difficult before surgical intervention. Flexible bronchoscopy can be diagnostic in cases of a mediastinal teratoma with involvement of the bronchial tree...

OBJECTIVE To review the diagnostic and treatment strategies of hemoptysis in children. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of patients evaluated between January 1, 1995, and August 31, 1999. SETTING Tertiary pediatric referral center. PATIENTS Nineteen consecutive children presenting with hemoptysis to the otolaryngology service. RESULTS Chest radiography and bronchoscopy established the corr...

PURPOSE Bronchiectasis is the main cause of hemoptysis. When patients with bronchiectasis develop hemoptysis, clinicians often perform bronchoscopy and bronchial washing to obtain samples for microbiological and cytological examinations. Bronchial washing fluids were analyzed from patients with bronchiectasis who developed hemoptysis, and the clinical impacts of these analyses were examined. ...

OBJECTIVE To appraise the immediate and long-term outcomes of bronchial arterial embolization for life-threatening hemoptysis secondary to tuberculosis. METHODS 112 patients with life-threatening hemoptysis due to tuberculosis underwent bronchial artery embolization from January 2004 to February 2014. Life-threatening hemoptysis was defined as expectoration of at least 400 ml of blood in 24 h...

mediastinal teratomas are usually asymptomatic tumors, located most commonly in the anterior mediastinum. very rarely, such tumors may rupture into the tracheobronchial tree, lung, pleura or pericardium. computed tomography (ct) is helpful in the diagnosis and differentiation of ruptured and unruptured tumors. we report a case of ruptured anterior mediastinal teratoma in a 20-year-old female pr...

INTRODUCTION Artery embolization (AE) is a safe and useful procedure in the management of massive hemoptysis. The objective of our study was to describe the experience of AE in a tertiary referral center, to characterize angiographic findings at the time of recurrence, and to analyze factors associated with these findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS Observational retrospective study of patients pre...

fascinating. However, the authors take an especially important next step by developing a simple model for predicting in-hospital mortality for patients presenting with hemoptysis. The model developed by Fartoukh et al. [6] is an important step forward from our current approach to defining massive hemoptysis which is based only on the volume of blood expectorated. This model is multimodal, is co...

fascinating. However, the authors take an especially important next step by developing a simple model for predicting in-hospital mortality for patients presenting with hemoptysis. The model developed by Fartoukh et al. [6] is an important step forward from our current approach to defining massive hemoptysis which is based only on the volume of blood expectorated. This model is multimodal, is co...

cutaneous complications caused by a pacemaker or defibrillator are widely documented, but the development of a bronchocutaneous fistula has never been described before. we report the case of a 79-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital because of a seemingly superficial cutaneous infection, externalized defibrillator leads, and hemoptysis. bronchoscopical investigation proved the existenc...