Table 1. Patient's characteristics.
Cases | Age | Sex | Past medical history | Underlying causes of hemoptysis | Time from COVID 19 diagnoses to hemoptysis | Chest CT imaging characteristics | Side of BAE | The number of pathologic vessels | Admission setting |
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Case 1 | 69 | Male | Diabetes Hypertension Hypothyroidism |
Aspergillosis | 6 wk | The honeycombing appearance of both lungs | Left bronchial artery | One | ICU |
Case 2 | 67 | Male | Diabetes Hypertension Chronic kidney disease Ischemic heart disease |
Aspergillosis | 7 wk | Cavity with an air-fluid level in the right lung | Right bronchial artery | One | ICU |
Case 3 | 66 | Female | Diabetes Hypertension Ischemic Heart disease |
Aspergillosis | 4 wk | Diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacities with limited consolidations | Bifurcated bronchial artery | Two | ICU |
Case 4 | 44 | Male | Negative | Negative | 6 wk | Subcutaneous emphysema suggestive of pneumothorax | Both right and left and bifurcated bronchial artery | Four | ICU |
Case 5 | 55 | Male | Pulmonary thromboembolism | Bronchiectasis | 10 d | Bilateral patchy areas of ground-glass infiltration | Right bronchial artery | One | ICU |
Abbreviations: BAE, bronchial artery embolization; Chest CT, chest computed tomography; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care unit.
Note: The number of pathologic vessels = the number of involved vessels.