RUPTURED BRONCHIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM ASSOCIATED WITH PLEURAL TELANGIECTASIS AND TORTUOUS PORTAL OBSTRUCTION - REPORT OF A CASE

A 25-year-old woman presenting with an emergent condition of massive h emothorax due to a ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization, She had previously un dergone portosystemic shunt splenopneumopexy for hepatic portal hypert ension at 6 years of age. When undergoing right thoracotomy for the re moval of a clot, a prominent telangiectasis on the pleural surface was noted. The lesion appeared to be a rare systemic vascular abnormality although this could not be confirmed.