Non-bronchial collateral supply from the left gastric artery in massive haemoptysis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two patients presented with recurrent, massive haemoptysis. Arteriography, including thoracoabdominal aortograms, revealed in both cases large non-bronchial collaterals arising from the left gastric artery. In the first case the non-bronchial collateral supplied the upper left lobe and in the second case it supplied the middle right lobe. Percutaneous embolisation of bronchial and non-bronchial collateral branches has become an accepted procedure in controlling massive or recurrent haemoptysis. Accurate identification of the non-bronchial collateral arterial feeders is essential for successful embolotherapy.
Medical subject headings
- Angiography
- Bronchi
- Hemoptysis
- Lung
- Stomach