Recurrent and fatal haemoptysis caused by an atheromatous abdominal aortic aneurysm.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 74 year old woman presented with a two month history of recurrent small hemoptyses and died after a subsequent massive haemoptysis. At postmortem examination the source of bleeding was found to be a leaking saccular, atheromatous abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had ruptured through the diaphragm into the lower lobe of the right lung.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Rupture
- Hemoptysis