Massive haemoptysis caused by congenital absence of a segment of inferior vena cava.
- 1 October 1993
- Vol. 48 (10) , 1044-1045
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.48.10.1044
Abstract
A patient with congenital absence of a part of the inferior vena cava is described. This resulted in spontaneous rupture of a bronchial vein leading to massive haemoptysis.Keywords
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