| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000283401 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Castro-Junior, Miguel Angelo Martins de1 Wietzycoski, Cacio Ricardo2 Mespaque, Cleiton Bicca |
| Institutions: | 1Associacao de Caridade Santa Casa do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil 2Fundacao Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Hospital Universitario, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Jul-Ago |
| Volumen: | 31 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 276-277 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Nota breve o noticia |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Aortotracheal fistula is a rare condition that is invariably fatal if not diagnosed and surgically treated. Patients usually present with small intermittent hemoptysis. The findings using computerized tomography (CT) are usually diagnostic. CT should be considered in the initial investigation of patients suspected to have such a disease. A 62-year-old woman with a aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta presented with new-onset back pain and hemoptysis. The hemoptysis was thought to be the result of invasion of the bronchial tree by the aneurysm |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Sistema cardiovascular, Hemoptisis, Aneurisma aórtico, Aorta |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Cardiovascular system, Surgery, Hemoptysis, Aortic aneurysm, Aorta |
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