Abstract
We report herein our experience of two cases of spontaneous hemopneumothorax in which the source of bleeding was found to be aberrant vessels. Both patients were successfully treated by early thoracotomy. Case 1 was a 23-year-old female in whom chest X-ray revealed an air-fluid line and a bulla with a narrow restiform shadow connecting the pleural cupola. Angiography clearly visualized aberrant vessels branching from the costocervical trunk, distributed in and around the bulla in the apex of the lung, being the possible source of bleeding. These aberrant vessels were confirmed at surgery and resected. Case 2 was a 56-year-old male who underwent thoracotomy for persistent bleeding. At surgery, a continuously bleeding vessel from the pleural cupola was seen and ligated. The remnant of the vessel was located in the apex of the lung, and resected with the bulla. Thus, the rare entity of a congenital aberrant vessel lying concealed as a possible source of bleeding should be borne in mind.
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