%0 Journal Article
%T Dieulafoy¡¯s disease of the bronchus: a possible mistake
%A Barisione Emanuela E
%A Ferretti Gabriele G
%A Ravera Silvia S
%A Salio Mario M
%J Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/2049-6958-7-40
%X We present a case of a 57 year old woman who suffered from massive hemoptysis; she was sent to our Department for a suspect neoformant lesion. We assumed it might be a Dielafoy¡¯s disease and proceeded with an imaging study that confirmed the diagnosis. After embolization the patient no longer showed signs of bleeding. In brief, we concluded that whenever there is a suspect of Dielafoy¡¯s disease, the biopsy has to be avoided.
%K Dieulafoy¡¯s disease
%K Massive hemoptysis
%K Vascular lesion
%U http://www.mrmjournal.com/content/7/1/40