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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 1173-1175, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Massive hemoptysis due to broncholithiasis

TR McLean, AC Beall Jr and JW Jones
Cora and Webb Madding Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Massive hemoptysis due to broncholithiasis is rare. Such a case is presented here, and the literature is reviewed. Surgical resection is the preferred definitive therapy, as a lack of bronchial artery collaterals limits the utility of bronchial artery embolization.

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