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Hemoptysis in a 39-year-old smoker
Authors:
I Willekens ,
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Jette, Belgium, BE
B Ilsen,
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Jette, Belgium, BE
M de Maeseneer,
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Jette, Belgium, BE
F Vandenbroucke,
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Jette, Belgium, BE
J de Mey
Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Jette, Belgium, BE
Abstract
A 39-year old man, a smoker without significant medical history, presented with vague chest pain, cough, and hemoptysis. His symptoms had started 2 weeks earlier. Radiography showed an area of decreased lucency (ground glass appearance) in the right lower lobe. CT scan confirms the presence of a triangular area of inhomogeneous parenchymatous increased attenuation mainly of ground glass with inlying bronchocoeles and tree-in-bud appearance compatible with an intrapulmonary sequestration. The arterial supply is derived from the lower thoracic aorta. The venous drainage is to the left atrium.
The hemoptysis is a result of a supratherapeutic International Normalized Ratio (INR) on Sintrom intake for atrial fibrillation (AF). Treatment of sequestration consisted of a thoracoscopic lobectomy.
How to Cite:
Willekens I, Ilsen B, Maeseneer M de, Vandenbroucke F, Mey J de. Hemoptysis in a 39-year-old smoker. JBR-BTR. 2013;96(2):95. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.224
Published on
01 Mar 2013.
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