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is a consequence of the healing response in the associated lung cavity. The dilation of the pulmonary artery in close proximity to or involvement within the lung cavity leads to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm. As is typical with any
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therapy and improvements in medical knowledge, contemporary understanding has evolved. Current medical insight suggests that the majority of hemoptysis cases are more closely linked to bleeding originating from the systemic
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was initially associated exclusively with cavitary tuberculosis, but the term is now utilized to encompass any anatomical aneurysm occurring in conjunction with various forms of destructive lung lesions.
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