Coviello E, Puma F, Pourmolkara D, Mandarano M, Napolitano AG. Massive, life-threatening hemoptysis due to localized granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
J Cardiothorac Surg 2023;
18:239. [PMID:
37496070 PMCID:
PMC10373328 DOI:
10.1186/s13019-023-02302-5]
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Abstract
Massive hemoptysis may be related to a wide spectrum of diseases whose differential diagnosis can be challenging, also due to the medical emergency condition.We present a case of a 33-year-old woman presented to our department with sudden, life-threatening hemoptysis from unknown etiology, which required a rescue pulmonary lobectomy after resuscitation maneuvers. Histology proved to be a localized Wegener granulomatosis. Our case shows that granulomatosis should always be considered among the possible, although rarer, causes of massive hemoptysis.
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