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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Dec 2008
Case ReportsIsolated absence of the right pulmonary artery as a cause of massive hemoptysis.
- Walter Teixeira de Mello Junior, José Roberto Coutinho Nogueira, Marcos Santos, and Washington José Pelissari França.
- Military Police Hospital of the State of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. wtmjr@hotmail.com
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec 1;7(6):1183-5.
AbstractIsolated absence of a pulmonary artery is a rare cause of massive hemoptysis. We report a case of unilateral absence of the right pulmonary artery in an adult without any other cardiovascular anomalies. The patient presented massive hemoptysis, which was successfully treated with a right pneumonectomy.
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