Haemoptysis R04.2

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

Hemoptoe

Definition
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Expectoration of blood.

Etiopathogenesis
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Causes are possible:

Cardiac or vascular causes (left heart failure, pulmonary infarction near the embryo, mitral vitae; pulmonary vasculitis)

Inflammatory causes (acute tracheobronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, melting pneumonia)

Neoplastic causes (bronchial carcinoma; metastases of the lung, tumor invasions us of the surroundings)

Other causes: trauma, arteriovenous malformations, hemorrhagic diathesis)

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020