Massive hemoptysis from pulmonary ligament artery supplying abnormal basal segments of the lower lobe.

ConclusionEven though pleural involvement is absent, underlying lesions involving the basal segments of the lower lobe could be a good indicator that the PLA is the cause of bleeding in patients with massive hemoptysis. PMID: 23588153 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23588153?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Radiologica - April 15, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Liu ZS, Li XQ, Li C, Zhou LJ, Wang JX, Wang W, Sun Y, Kuang XW Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research

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