Hemoptysis can be due to multiple causes including extra-thoracic disease.

Case 73: Hemoptysis due to an Extra-Thoracic Cause

Hemoptysis can be due to multiple causes including extra-thoracic disease.

Bhavin Jankharia

This 44 years old man came with acute hemoptysis. CT chest showed a mass in the left lower lobe and so a PET/CT was done.

As it turns out, he was a known case of chronic pancreatitis and had an MRCP two months prior that showed normal lower lobes.

The video describes the case and how the diagnosis was reached with a short discussion on imaging of hemoptysis.

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