Congenital Bronchial Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula Presenting as Hemoptysis Daniel G. VanDerPloeg, BS, William R. Strong, MD, Steven J. Krohmer, MD, William N. O’Connor, MD, Jeremiah T. Martin, MB BCh, FRCSI The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages e19-e20 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.10.057 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Pulmonary angiography with contrast injected into an enlarged bronchial artery. Retrograde filling of the right pulmonary artery is seen, representing a fistula between the bronchial artery and pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, e19-e20DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.10.057) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Lung parenechyma with bronchus filled with clotted blood (B) as well as arteriovenous malformations (AVM) associated with bronchial vessels (elastic trichrome stain, 10× magnification). Higher magnification of one micro-arteriovenous malformation with multichanneled (C) vessel showing embolized foam material (F) (elastic trichrome stain, 100× magnification). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, e19-e20DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.10.057) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions