Massive haemoptysis from right middle lobe bronchus managed by customized silicon stents

We presented an 89‐year‐old bronchiectasis patient who developed massive haemoptysis from the right middle lobe bronchus. Haemoptysis was not controlled by both pharmacological treatment and bronchial artery embolization. Two customized silicone stents with the one in the right middle lob e bronchus and another in the right intermediate bronchus were used to manage haemoptysis. One month after stents implantation, the stent inside the right intermediate bronchus was removed, another stent was left in the right middle lobe bronchus to continue occluding the bleeding passageway. Haemop tysis did not occur after silicon stents deployment. This may be the first case of receiving straight silicon stent implantation to manage massive haemoptysis from the right middle lobe bronchus.
Source: Respirology Case Reports - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research