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Case Reports
. 2014 Nov 6;4(3):647.
doi: 10.4081/cp.2014.647. eCollection 2014 Oct 30.

Moderate hemoptysis caused by hughes-stovin syndrome

Sahar El Aoud  1 , Faten Frikha  1 , Mouna Snoussi  1 , Zouhir Bahloul  1
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Moderate hemoptysis caused by hughes-stovin syndrome

Sahar El Aoud et al. Clin Pract. .

Abstract

Hughes and Stovin first reported a syndrome consisting of multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms and venous thrombosis in 1959. Here, we encountered a 42-year old woman who had hemoptysis revealing a Hughes-Stovin syndrome. Helical computed tomography showed multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms with pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient was treated with steroid therapy, cyclophosphamide and anticoagulation with a good response.

Keywords: Hughes-Stovin syndrome; aneurysms; thrombosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: the authors have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A and B) Contrast enhanced computed tomography of the thorax axial section showing multiple pulmonary aneurysms (arrows in A and B) with mural thrombosis filling from the upper lobe pulmonary artery branc.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A and B) Contrast enhanced computed tomography. Control after 2 months of treatment: the aneurysms except the ones at the lower lobe were all regressed with disappearance of aneurysm mural thrombosis.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Chest-X-ray revealing a left midzone cavitary lesion (arrow).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
A and B) Computed tomography scans of thorax showing a left midzone cavitary lesion (arrow).
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