Successful Transcatheter Arterial Embolization due to Massive Hemoptysis in a Metastatic Lung Cancer Patient with Tumoral Blood Supply from the Inferior Phrenic Artery: A Case Report

Abstract

Cases of inferior phrenic artery hemorrhage and those complicated by massive hemoptysis have been rarely reported. A 17-year-old man presented to our hospital with a chief complaint of hemoptysis weakness and confusion. The patient had history of surgery for synovial sarcoma. Additionally the patient has metastatic right lung mass. CT Angiography examination revealed hemorrhage in the inferior phrenic artery feeding the metastatic lung mass. We present a rare case of right lower phrenic artery rupture, which was successfully treated using TAE and the patient had no complaints after embolization.