Pulmonary hemorrhage. Vascular evaluation and interventional therapy.

Abstract

Twenty-five cases of massive pulmonary hemorrhage were evaluated by arteriography. Either pulmonary or selective bronchial arteriography or both were performed to confirm or corroborate the clinical diagnosis. In 16 patients, gelfoam embolization of the bronchial artery was effective in causing immediate cessation of the hemorrhage. Only two of the 16 patients had recurrent pulmonary hemorrhage, both of whom had invasive central primary carcinoma of the lung.

• Authors: E J Ferris
• Journal: Chest (Chest) Vol. 80 Issue 6 Pg. 710-4 (Dec 1981) ISSN: 0012-3692 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7307594 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aneurysm (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Bacterial Infections (complications, therapy)
• Bronchial Arteries (diagnostic imaging)
• Catheterization
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable
• Hemorrhage (complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Humans
• Lung Diseases (complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Middle Aged
• Pulmonary Artery (diagnostic imaging)
• Pulmonary Embolism (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Radiography