HEMOPTYSIS, BRONCHIAL EROSION AND BRONCHITIS
Authors: A E ANDERSON, H A BUECHNER, M M ZISKIND
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 June 1955HEMOPTYSIS, BRONCHIAL EROSION AND BRONCHITISAUGUSTUS E. ANDERSON JR., M.D., HOWARD A. BUECHNER, M.D., MORTON M. ZISKIND, M.D.AUGUSTUS E. ANDERSON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HOWARD A. BUECHNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MORTON M. ZISKIND, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1246 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHemoptysis, alarming to the patient and ominous in the eyes of the physician, often justifies the dread with which it is regarded. However, this is not invariably so, and many cases of even severe respiratory tract hemorrhage may prove benign in origin. Approximately one fourth1of all patients with hemoptysis will present no etiologic explanation for this symptom, even after exhaustive diagnostic studies have been carried out. Frequently such patients quickly recover their usual state of health and have no further difficulty. Obviously, then, the great majority of these individuals do not have cancer or tuberculosis or even bronchiectasis, and...Bibliography1. JacksonDiamond CLS: Haemorrhage from the trachea, bronchi and lungs of non-tuberculous origin, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 46: 126-138, 1942. Google Scholar2. Vinson PP: Simple bronchial erosion as cause of pulmonary hemorrhage, J. A. M. A. 150: 840-841, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Boyd W: A text-book of pathology, 1946, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 411. Google Scholar4. CecilLoeb RLRF: Textbook of medicine, 1951, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London, pp. 824-827. Google Scholar5. MusserWohl JHMG: Internal medicine, 1951, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pp. 872-874. Google Scholar6. OpieBlakeSmallRivers ELFGJCTM: Epidemic respiratory disease, Chapter II, p. 55, Chapter IV, pp. 142-147, 1921, The C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis. Google Scholar7. Ziskind MM: Effects of calcified lymph nodes perforating the bronchial tree, New Orleans M. and S. J. 104: 640-644, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. ZiskindSaunders MMM: Acute suppurative bronchopneumonia, Am. J. M. Sc. 225: 81-100, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Wessler H: Notes on hemoptysis, J. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 7: 548-559, 1940-41. Google Scholar10. DouglasCarr BEDT: Prognosis in idiopathic hemoptysis, J. A. M. A. 150: 764-765, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 9, 1954.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Management of Respiratory Tract EmergenciesEndoscopy 1 June 1955Volume 42, Issue 6Page: 1246-1258KeywordsBronchiectasisBronchitisHemorrhageHospital medicineRespiratory system ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...