The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 461-463, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Familial multiple-organ arterial ectasia with massive hemoptysis
CC Su and WT Su
Department of Surgery, Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Numerous large, thin-walled ectatic arteries up to 1 cm in diameter were
encountered during operation on a 20-year-old patient. These vessels
covered most of the right pleural surface. Similar symptomatic ectatic
vessels were found arising from the left side and intracranially. Eight
years later large arteriovenous malformations developed from chest wall and
scar tissues that required ligations to control hemoptysis. This case was
unique in that extensive multiorgan capillary and arterial systems were
involved.