Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis

A 24 year old female presented with recurrent hemoptysis and the work up revealed a large right pulmonary artery aneurysm for which she underwent endovascular intervention with relief of symptoms. Her symptoms recurred after one month and now she had left pulmonary artery aneurysm, again treated wit...

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Main Authors: Manoj Kumar Agarwala, Sundar Chidambaram, J Venkateshwarlu, Anil Dronamraju, Avinash Dal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2017;volume=4;issue=3;spage=129;epage=131;aulast=Agarwala
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author Manoj Kumar Agarwala
Sundar Chidambaram
J Venkateshwarlu
Anil Dronamraju
Avinash Dal
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description A 24 year old female presented with recurrent hemoptysis and the work up revealed a large right pulmonary artery aneurysm for which she underwent endovascular intervention with relief of symptoms. Her symptoms recurred after one month and now she had left pulmonary artery aneurysm, again treated with endovascular intervention. With systemic symptoms and absence of signs of Behcets syndrome led to diagnosis of Hughes-Stovin Syndrome. She symptom free at 18 months with immunosuppression.
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spelling doaj.art-5081cfd2ddb74f7a9b8d16260be58ecf2022-12-22T02:50:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery0972-08202394-09992017-01-014312913110.4103/ijves.ijves_55_16Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent HemomptysisManoj Kumar AgarwalaSundar ChidambaramJ VenkateshwarluAnil DronamrajuAvinash DalA 24 year old female presented with recurrent hemoptysis and the work up revealed a large right pulmonary artery aneurysm for which she underwent endovascular intervention with relief of symptoms. Her symptoms recurred after one month and now she had left pulmonary artery aneurysm, again treated with endovascular intervention. With systemic symptoms and absence of signs of Behcets syndrome led to diagnosis of Hughes-Stovin Syndrome. She symptom free at 18 months with immunosuppression.http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2017;volume=4;issue=3;spage=129;epage=131;aulast=AgarwalaBehcet syndromeHughes-Stovin syndromepulmonary artery aneurysmvasculitis
spellingShingle Manoj Kumar Agarwala
Sundar Chidambaram
J Venkateshwarlu
Anil Dronamraju
Avinash Dal
Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Behcet syndrome
Hughes-Stovin syndrome
pulmonary artery aneurysm
vasculitis
title Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
title_full Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
title_fullStr Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
title_full_unstemmed Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
title_short Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: An Unusual Cause for Recurrent Hemomptysis
title_sort hughes stovin syndrome an unusual cause for recurrent hemomptysis
topic Behcet syndrome
Hughes-Stovin syndrome
pulmonary artery aneurysm
vasculitis
url http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2017;volume=4;issue=3;spage=129;epage=131;aulast=Agarwala
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