Unusual “cardiac” cause of hemoptysis: Accessory cardiac bronchus
Hemoptysis is a common presenting feature of tuberculosis, pulmonary parenchymal malignancy, bronchiectasis, or a cardiac pathology as mitral stenosis. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, laboratory investigations, and radiology usually identify the cause of hemoptysis in the majority o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2021;volume=24;issue=3;spage=419;epage=421;aulast=Dogra |
| Summary: | Hemoptysis is a common presenting feature of tuberculosis, pulmonary parenchymal malignancy, bronchiectasis, or a cardiac pathology as mitral stenosis. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, laboratory investigations, and radiology usually identify the cause of hemoptysis in the majority of the cases. We report a case of a 50-year-old male with intermittent hemoptysis which was the presenting feature of accessory cardiac bronchus. |
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| ISSN: | 0971-9784 |