Fatal massive hemoptysis secondary to intralobar sequestration

Chest. 1994 Sep;106(3):954-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.106.3.954.

Abstract

We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who died of massive hemoptysis due to hemorrhage from an intralobar pulmonary sequestration into the tracheobronchial tree. The sequestration had been diagnosed in childhood but had been managed nonoperatively. This case emphasizes the need for early surgical treatment of pulmonary sequestration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnosis
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hemoptysis / diagnosis
  • Hemoptysis / etiology*
  • Humans