Genetic and Congenital

Is Hemoptysis Cause by Congenital Pulmonary Artery Anomalies or P. multocida Infection?

Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly. In this case report, a female patient with hemoptysis (the spitting of blood from the lung parenchyma or airways) was admitted to the authors clinic. Pasteurella multocida was isolated in sputum, as well as from a nasopharyngeal swab of the patient’s dog....