Isolated absence of the right pulmonary artery as a cause of massive hemoptysis
Walter Teixeira Mello Junior 1*,
Jose Roberto Coutinho Nogueira 1,
Marcos Santos 1,
Washington Jose Pelissari Franca 1
1 Military Police Hospital of the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wtmjr{at}hotmail.com.
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Isolated absence of a pulmonary artery is a rare cause of massive hemoptysis. We report a case of unilateral absence of the right pulmonary artery in an adult without any other cardiovascular anomalies. The patient presented massive hemoptysis, which was successfully treated with a right pneumonectomy. Keywords: Isolated unilateral absent pulmonary artery; Massive hemoptysis; Pneumonectomy
