TY - JOUR T1 - Massive Intractable Hemoptysis Due to Idiopathic Granulomatous Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease JF - Respiratory Care SP - e56 LP - e59 DO - 10.4187/respcare.02084 VL - 58 IS - 5 AU - T Eoin West AU - C Dirk Keene AU - Rodney A Schmidt AU - Kelly D Smith Y1 - 2013/05/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/5/e56.abstract N2 - Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease is a rare condition with limited treatment options. The pathological hallmark of the disease is occlusion of pulmonary venules and small veins in the lobular septa. The etiology of the disease remains obscure. We report and discuss an extremely unusual case presenting as massive and intractable hemoptysis, in which pulmonary venous occlusion was attributed to granulomatous venulitis in the absence of other pulmonary or systemic inflammatory abnormalities. ER -