Massive hemoptysis two months after an otherwise mild SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) treated with bronchial artery embolization - A case report

Gernot Rott, MD; Frieder Boecker, MD; Clemens Maurer, MD; Timur Sellmann, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2022)

Massive hemoptysis two months after an otherwise mild SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) treated with bronchial artery embolization - A case report

Gernot Rott, MD,
Frieder Boecker, MD,
Clemens Maurer, MD,
Timur Sellmann, MD

Affiliations

Gernot Rott, MD: Department of Radiology, Bethesda-Hospital, Heerstr. 219, Duisburg, 47053, Germany; Corresponding author. G. Rott.
Frieder Boecker, MD: Institute of Clinical Radiology, Lukas-Hospital, Neuss, Germany
Clemens Maurer, MD: Department of Pneumology, Bethesda-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany
Timur Sellmann, MD: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bethesda-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 918 – 921

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An otherwise healthy young man presented with massive hemoptysis 2 month following a mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and with no other identifiable cause of illness. The patient was successfully treated with bronchial artery embolization. We are strongly convinced that hemoptysis in this case was COVID-related. This unusual case of delayed COVID-related hemoptysis reveals new aspects in the understanding of mid-term and presumable auto-immune triggered effects in patients with initially only mild symptoms of the disease.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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