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A 25-year-old woman presenting with an emergent condition of massive hemothorax due to a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization. She had previously undergone portosystemic shunt splenopneumopexy for hepatic portal hypertension at 6 years of age. When undergoing right thoracotomy for the removal of a clot, a prominent telangiectasis on the pleural surface was noted. The lesion appeared to be a rare systemic vascular abnormality although this could not be confirmed.
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Ishizaki, N., Shimokawa, S., Tanaka, K. et al. Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm associated with pleural telangiectasis and tortuous portal obstruction: Report of a case. Surg Today 25, 852–854 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311467
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