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Respirol Case Rep. 2014 Jun;2(2):55-6. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.47. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus: a rare cause of massive hemoptysis.

Respirology case reports

Ben Smith, David Hart, Naveed Alam

Affiliations

  1. St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 25473566 PMCID: PMC4184505 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.47

Abstract

We present the case of a 30-year-old non-smoker who presented with unexplained, massive hemoptysis and was diagnosed with a rare vascular malformation.

Keywords: Dieulafoy's disease; hemoptysis

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