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A Case of Bronchial Varices in a Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis  

Moon, Sun You (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Kim, Sun Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Cheon, Won Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Eom, Kwang-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Jang, Seung Hun (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Bahn, Joon-Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Kim, Dong Gyu (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Jung, Ki-Suck (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.58, no.2, 2005 , pp. 174-178 More about this Journal
Abstract
The bronchial varices in mitral stenosis are uncommon and incidentally discovered during bronchoscopy. Although bronchial varices are primarily associated with bronchial or pulmonary disease, the bronchial vein can be dilated with increased pulmonary venous pressure secondary to mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices may present massive hemoptysis. The hemoptysis can be controlled by mitral commissurotomy or mitral valve replacement in case of mitral stenosis. We report a case of bronchial varies in a patient with severe mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices were found incidentally during bronchoscopy and they were nearly disappeared by mitral valve replacement.
Keywords
Bronchial varix; Mitral stenosis; Bronchoscopy;
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