Massive haemoptysis caused by congenital absence of a segment of inferior vena cava

M H Ashour; S K Jain; K M Kattan; A K el-Bakry; M Khoshim; F M Mesahel

doi:10.1136/thx.48.10.1044

Massive haemoptysis caused by congenital absence of a segment of inferior vena cava

Thorax. 1993 Oct;48(10):1044-5. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.10.1044.

Authors

M H Ashour, S K Jain, K M Kattan, A K el-Bakry, M Khoshim, F M Mesahel

Abstract

A patient with congenital absence of a part of the inferior vena cava is described. This resulted in spontaneous rupture of a bronchial vein leading to massive haemoptysis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Azygos Vein / diagnostic imaging
Bronchi / blood supply
Female
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / etiology*
Radiography
Rupture, Spontaneous
Veins
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging