The hemoptysis recurrent after inferior phrenic artery embolization:a case report and literature review

Objective: To explore the effects of the endovascular embolization of inferior phrenic artery(IPA) on the recurrence of hemoptysis for improving the knowledge of IPA in massive hemoptysis.Methods: The clinical and angiographic data and effects of interventional embolization in a patient with massive hemoptysis were retrospectively analyzed.The involved blood vessel were detected by arterial angiography,the right pulmonary artery was treated with embolization.The interventional value in the treatment of haemoptysis caused by non-ruptured bronchial artery.Results: The recurrence of massive hemoptysis in patient with bronchiectasia complicated with hemoptysis were found after bronchial arterial embolism.The celiac arteriography showed that the right IPA supplied blood,the hemostasis was completed after the embolism of the end of the right IPA pulmonary.Conclusions: IPA can rarely cause the recurrence of hemoptysis after embolization.It is necessary to examine phrenic artery angiography in patient with lower lobe lesion.