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ArticleSA journal of radiology2025

A rare case of intercostal-to-pulmonary artery fistula and its endovascular treatment in the setting of post pulmonary tuberculosis bronchiectasis and haemoptysis.

Lwandile Majozini, Winile Nkosi

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Article in SA journal of radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Beyond the Usual Suspects: Rare Causes of Hemoptysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lwandile MajoziniDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9475-8294
Winile NkosiDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2240-3930

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intercostal artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula is an extremely rare variant of systemic artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulas (SA-PAFs). A case of a 38-year-old man presenting with clinically significant haemoptysis secondary to an intercostal artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula in the setting of post-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) bronchiectasis is described. The fistulae were successfully treated with endovascular coils. Contribution: This case report illustrates an intercostal artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula associated with post-primary tuberculosis bronchiectasis, highlighting its multimodal radiological features and successful endovascular treatment.

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digital subtraction angiographyembolisationhaemoptysisintercostal artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulapost pulmonary TB bronchiectasisSA-PAFs

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PMID40612284
PMCPMC12223871

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