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Published on: March 8, 2019
Massive, life-threatening hemoptysis due to localized granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Eleonora Coviello1,2, Francesco Puma3, Domenico Pourmolkara3
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Perugia Medical School, Piazzale Giorgio Menghini 3, Perugia, 06129, Italy. eleonoracoviello@hotmail.it.
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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