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Massive hemoptysis two months after an otherwise mild SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) treated with bronchial artery embolization - A case report |
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| Authors: | Gernot Rott Frieder Boecker Clemens Maurer Timur Sellmann |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Radiology, Bethesda-Hospital, Heerstr. 219, Duisburg, 47053, Germany;bInstitute of Clinical Radiology, Lukas-Hospital, Neuss, Germany;cDepartment of Pneumology, Bethesda-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany;dDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bethesda-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany |
| Abstract: | An otherwise healthy young man presented with massive hemoptysis 2 month following a mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and with no other identifiable cause of illness. The patient was successfully treated with bronchial artery embolization. We are strongly convinced that hemoptysis in this case was COVID-related. This unusual case of delayed COVID-related hemoptysis reveals new aspects in the understanding of mid-term and presumable auto-immune triggered effects in patients with initially only mild symptoms of the disease. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 Hemoptysis Bronchial artery embolization |