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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun;18(2):210219.
doi: 10.1183/20734735.0219-2021. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Haemoptysis in COVID-19 pneumonia

Jin Lee Lim  1 , Inn Shih Khor  1 , Cheng Keat Moh  2 , Yoke Fong Lam  1 , Kumaresh Raj Lachmanan  1
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Case Reports

Haemoptysis in COVID-19 pneumonia

Jin Lee Lim et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2022 Jun.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is a differential diagnosis to be considered in COVID-19 patients presenting with or developing haemoptysis in order to facilitate early recognition as delayed management could be catastrophic https://bit.ly/3rQTrDT.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
a) Chest radiograph on admission. b) Repeated chest radiograph on day 16 of illness.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
CTPA on day 20 of the illness. a) Mediastinal window, b) lung window.
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