Masjedi M R, Davoodian P, Forouzesh M, Abttahi S J
Division of Medicine, Massih-Daneshvary Chest Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Chest. 1988 Jul;94(1):199-200. doi: 10.1378/chest.94.1.199.
Tuberculous broncho-aortic fistula has not been reported, to our knowledge. This is a case report of a 60-year-old woman with massive hemoptysis secondary to a broncho-aortic fistula. The pathologic study of the pulmonary specimens showed tuberculous granulomas with caseous necrosis and tubercle bacilli in the pulmonary tissue and the fistulous area.