Successful Long-term Management of Two Cases of Moderate Hemoptysis Due to Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Bronchial Occlusion Using Silicone Spigots

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is a major cause of life-threatening hemoptysis. In symptomatic patients with simple aspergillomas, surgery is the main therapeutic method for preventing or treating life-threatening hemoptysis. However, the risks of both death and complications are higher in chronic...

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Published in:Internal Medicine 2018/08/15, Vol.57(16), pp.2389-2393
Main Authors: Oda, Naohiro, Sakugawa, Makoto, Hosokawa, Shinobu, Fukamatsu, Nobuaki, Bessho, Akihiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aspergilloma
Aspergillosis
bronchial occlusion
Case Report
Complications
endobronchial Watanabe spigot
Hemoptysis
Internal medicine
Lungs
Occlusion
Patients
silicone spigot
Silicones
Surgery
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Summary:Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is a major cause of life-threatening hemoptysis. In symptomatic patients with simple aspergillomas, surgery is the main therapeutic method for preventing or treating life-threatening hemoptysis. However, the risks of both death and complications are higher in chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis than in simple aspergilloma. We herein report two patients with persistent moderate hemoptysis due to chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis who were not indicated for surgery, but were able to undergo successful long-term management with bronchial occlusion using silicone spigots. In diseases with a high recurrence rate of hemoptysis, the continuous placement of silicone spigots might therefore be effective to prevent rebleeding.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.0553-17