A Case of Bronchial Varices in a Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis

Autor: Kwang Seok Eom, Dong Gyu Kim, Sun Young Kim, Ki Suck Jung, Won Seok Cheon, Sun You Moon, Seung Hun Jang, Joon Woo Bahn
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. 58:174
ISSN: 2005-6184
1738-3536
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2005.58.2.174
Popis: The bronchial varices in mitral stenosis are uncommon and incidentally discovered during bronchoscopy. Although bronchial varices are primarily associated with bronchial or pulmonary disease, the bronchial vein can be dilated with increased pulmonary venous pressure secondary to mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices may present massive hemoptysis. The hemoptysis can be controlled by mitral commissurotomy or mitral valve replacement in case of mitral stenosis. We report a case of bronchial varies in a patient with severe mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices were found incidentally during bronchoscopy and they were nearly disappeared by mitral valve replacement.
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Abstrakt:The bronchial varices in mitral stenosis are uncommon and incidentally discovered during bronchoscopy. Although bronchial varices are primarily associated with bronchial or pulmonary disease, the bronchial vein can be dilated with increased pulmonary venous pressure secondary to mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices may present massive hemoptysis. The hemoptysis can be controlled by mitral commissurotomy or mitral valve replacement in case of mitral stenosis. We report a case of bronchial varies in a patient with severe mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices were found incidentally during bronchoscopy and they were nearly disappeared by mitral valve replacement.
ISSN:20056184
17383536
DOI:10.4046/trd.2005.58.2.174