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SUBMITTER: Margono E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370568 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Margono Ezra E Hoffmann Jason C JC
Radiology case reports 20190208 4
While bronchial artery embolization is an established, safe, and effective treatment for massive hemoptysis from a variety of causes including cystic fibrosis, patients rarely require more than 2 angiography and embolization treatments during their lifetime. We present a rare case of massive, recurrent hemoptysis requiring a total of 22 angiography and embolization procedures over a period of 8 years, prior to the patient receiving a double lung transplant. ...[more]