A Case of Total Lung Collapse due to Hemoptysis in Pregnancy.

Cho, Jung Je; Ra, Seung Won; Lee, Kwang Ha; Lee, Jung A; Kang, Chae Hoon; Gwon, Dong Il; Oh, Yeon Mok

doi:2008.65.1.34

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 65(1); 2008 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008;65(1):34-36.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2008.65.1.34 Published online July 1, 2008.

A Case of Total Lung Collapse due to Hemoptysis in Pregnancy.

Jung Je Cho, Seung Won Ra, Kwang Ha Lee, Jung A Lee, Chae Hoon Kang, Dong Il Gwon, Yeon Mok Oh

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ymoh55@amc.seoul.kr
³Department of Family Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Pregnancy induces many physiologic changes, and it can cause hemoptysis in relation to the underlying or potential pulmonary diseases. Although hemoptysis is not a frequent event during pregnancy, a thorough search for its etiology and then immediate management should be initiated for a case of massive hemoptysis to avoid serious adverse effects on both the fetus and the mother. Most hemoptysis events during pregnancy are related to well known etiologies, but there are a few reported cases of hemoptysis in pregnant women who are without any underlying lung lesion. We report here on a case of a pregnant woman with total lung collapse due to hemoptysis, and a thorough search for the etiology after delivery could not reveal any etiology.

Key Words: Pregnancy, Hemoptysis, Lung collapse