Hemoptise como manifestação de aneurisma de aorta torácica descendente

• Main Authors: Miguel Ângelo Martins de Castro Júnior, Cácio Ricardo Wietzycoski, Cleiton Bicca Mespaque
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
• Series: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
• Subjects: Hemoptysis; Aortic aneurysm; Aorta
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912004000400014&lng=en&tlng=en

Aortotracheal fistula is a rare condition that is invariably fatal if not diagnosed and surgically treated. Patients usually present with small intermittent hemoptysis. The findings using computerized tomography (CT) are usually diagnostic. CT should be considered in the initial investigation of patients suspected to have such a disease. A 62-year-old woman with a aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta presented with new-onset back pain and hemoptysis. The hemoptysis was thought to be the result of invasion of the bronchial tree by the aneurysm.