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Journal of Case Reports
Idiopathic Pulmonary Vein Thrombosis: A Rare Presentation of Recurrent Haemoptysis
Gayathri Prem Kumar, Pradeep Rangappa, Ipe Jacob, Rajesh Lava Kumar, Karthik Rao
Intensive Care Unit, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Pradeep Rangappa
Email: drpradeepr@aol.com
Received: 27-NOV-2014 Accepted: 21-JAN-2015 Published Online: 15-FEB-2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2015.0018
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis, as a cause of haemoptysis, is a rare entity published in very few medical literatures. It may mimic various other clinical conditions but has a different investigation strategy and prognosis. Pulmonary vein thrombosis is difficult to diagnose clinically, requires a high degree of suspicion and a combination of conventionally used diagnostic modalities and hence very few cases have been reported worldwide. Ours is a case of a healthy adult who presented with massive haemoptysis and was diagnosed as having idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis with secondary pulmonary infarction. The pulmonary veins got reanalysed spontaneously within a month of presentation and his symptoms subsided. 
Keywords : Pulmonary Veins, Hemoptysis, Lung Diseases, Bronchiectasis, Venous Thrombosis, Humans.
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