CT angiography and percutaneous embolization of anomalous bronchial artery in patient with massive hemoptysis

Abstract

The authors describe a case of a 78-year-old woman with massive hemoptysis, which was from to hypertrophic bronchial artery anomalously originating from the internal thoracic artery. The bronchial bleeding was treated with embolization.

Keywords

• hemoptysis
• embolization
• MDCT
• CT angiography