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Pages 594-596 (November 2000)
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Vol. 36. Issue 10.
Pages 594-596 (November 2000)
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Hemoptisis en un paciente con el antecedente de corrección quirúrgica de una tetralogía de Fallot
Hemoptysis in a patient with a history of surgical correction of Fallot's tetralogy
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J.I. Quintana González1, R. Castrodeza Sanz, G. Guzmán Dávila, J. Ortiz de Saracho, Bobo
Sección de Neumología. Hospital del Bierzo. Ponferrada. León
F. Heras*, V. Gutiérrez**
* Servicios de Cirugía Torácica. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
** Servicios de Cirugía Torácica y Cirugía Vascular. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid.
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La fístula aortobronquial es una anomalía rara, pero de elevada mortalidad. Aunque la mayoría de los casos descritos son secundarios a aneurismas infecciosos, recientemente se han referido algunos casos de origen posquirúrgico tras la corrección de anormalidades congénitas cardiovasculares. Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 41 años con hemoptisis de repetición y el antecedente de una tetralogía de Fallot corregida en la infancia. Ante un paciente como éste, con un antecedente quirúrgico cardiovascular y una hemoptisis, el enfoque diagnóstico correcto incluye la broncofibroscopia, la TAC helicoidal y/o la RMN, y la aortografía. La confirmación diagnóstica debe seguirse de una corrección quirúrgica precoz.

Palabras clave:
Hemoptisis
Fístula aortopulmonar
Tetralogía de Fallot

Aorto-bronchial fistula is a rare but associated with a hight rare of mortality. Although most reported cases are secondary to infectious aneurysms, cases arising after surgery to correct congenital cardiovascular abnormalities have recently been described. We report the case of a 41-year-old patient with recurrent hemoptysis and a history of Fallot's tetralogy corrected in childhood. Given such a case of hemoptysis in a patient with a history of cardiovascular surgery, the correct diagnostic approach includes fiberoptic bronchoscopy, helicoidal CAT and/or NMR, and aortography. Diagnostic confirmation should be followed soon by corrective surgery.

Key words:
Hemoptysis
Aortopulmonary fistula
Fallot's tetralogy
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