Tuberc Respir Dis.  2005 Feb;58(2):174-178.

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

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. pulmoks @hallym.ac.kr

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.

Keyword

Bronchial varix; Mitral stenosis; Bronchoscopy

MeSH Terms

Bronchoscopy
Hemoptysis
Humans
Lung Diseases
Mitral Valve
Mitral Valve Stenosis*
Varicose Veins*
Veins
Venous Pressure
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