Research advances in Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus (Review)

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Research advances in Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus (Review) Via Experimental and therapeutic medicine Exp Ther Med. 2022 Jan;23(1):100. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.11023. Epub 2021 Dec 1. ABSTRACT Dieulafoy's disease is characterized by abnormal submucosal arteries and results in acute luminal hemorrhage. Dieulafoy's lesions can also be found in the submucosa of the bronchus. Due to its low incidence rate and non-specific clinical symptoms, Dieulafoy's disease is easy to overlook, but can lead to massive bleeding and high rates of mortality. Therefore, improvements in the understanding of the disease are necessary. The awareness of the disease and associated diagnostic and treatment techniques have continued to improve, and thus, an increasing number of cases of Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus have been reported. In the present review, 74 cases of Dieulafoy's disease are summarized. New technologies such as endobronchial ultrasound, narrow-band imaging, angiography and argon plasma treatment have been found to be increasingly applied to diagnose and treat Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus. Therefore, the primary focus of this systematic review is to highlight advances in the diagnosis and treatment of bronchial Dieulafoy's disease. PMID:34976142 | PMC:PMC8674951 | DOI:10.3892/etm.2021.11023 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.