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Fatal hemoptysis due to lung abscess and pulmoaortic fistula
1Department of Medicine, Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT.
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|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
A 79-year-old man was hospitalized because of staphylococcal sepsis, and subsequently died from massive hemoptysis. Autopsy revealed a lung abscess which had eroded into the aorta. Severe atherosclerosis of the aorta may have been an important contributing factor.