Massive hemoptysis due to intercostal artery aneurysm in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Abstract

Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. In the presence of pulmonary tuberculosis, massive hemoptysis can result from a number of different causes, with an artery aneurysm being rarely reported. Here we present a case of recurrent massive hemoptysis in a 28-year-old man suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis due to an aneurysmatic lesion of the second intercostal artery. In patients presented with recurrent massive hemoptysis the non-bronchial systemic arterial blood supply should be assessed.