A Case of Bronchial Varices in a Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis.

Moon, Sun You; Kim, Sun Young; Cheon, Won Seok; Eom, Kwang Seok; Jang, Seung Hun; Bahn, Joon Woo; Kim, Dong Gyu; Jung, Ki Suck

doi:2005.58.2.174

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 58(2); 2005 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2005;58(2):174-178.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2005.58.2.174 Published online February 1, 2005.

A Case of Bronchial Varices in a Patient with Severe Mitral Stenosis.

Sun You Moon, Sun Young Kim, Won Seok Cheon, Kwang Seok Eom, Seung Hun Jang, Joon Woo Bahn, Dong Gyu Kim, Ki Suck Jung

Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea. pulmoks @hallym.ac.kr

Abstract

The bronchial varices in mitral stenosis are uncommon and incidentally discovered during bronchoscopy. Although bronchial varices are primarily associated with bronchial or pulmonary disease, the bronchial vein can be dilated with increased pulmonary venous pressure secondary to mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices may present massive hemoptysis. The hemoptysis can be controlled by mitral commissurotomy or mitral valve replacement in case of mitral stenosis. We report a case of bronchial varies in a patient with severe mitral stenosis. The bronchial varices were found incidentally during bronchoscopy and they were nearly disappeared by mitral valve replacement.

Key Words: Bronchial varix, Mitral stenosis, Bronchoscopy