DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i06.007

Pages: 2080-2083

Background: Hemoptysis is a tip of iceberg of underlying terrific diseases. It is an alarming sign and which should not be neglected. Any history of hemoptysis should be evaluated immediately. Materials & methods: Total of 222 patients complaining of hemoptysis and sent for computed tomography scan to the department of Radiodiagnosis from various department of Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura from January’18 to june’18, were taken up for this study. All the patients were investigated by chest x-ray and computed tomography along with previous treatment history to find out the etiology of hemoptysis. Reports of fiberoptic bronchoscopy collected if available or collected after bronchoscopy has been done. Results: The most common etiologies of hemoptysis in our study were tuberculosis (31.9%) followed by malignancy (19.8%) and bronchiectasis (17.1%).Out of 222 patients, 110 patients had mild hemoptysis (49.5%), 75 had moderate (33.8%%), 37 had severe hemoptysis (16.7%). 31.8%patient of mild hemoptysis were diagnosed of having tuberculosis. 20.9% patients of mild hemoptysis were diagnosed as bronchogenic carcinoma, 11.8% of the patients with idiopathic hemoptysis were having mild hemoptysis. Of the 75 patients with moderate hemoptysis, 20% were diagnosed as having bronchogenic carcinoma, 33.3% were having tuberculosis as the etiology for hemoptysis. Tuberculosis (29.7%) and bronchiectasis (48.6%) were the most common etiologies in patients with severe hemoptysis. Conclusion: In rural and under developed area of India, the most common cause of hemoptysis is tuberculosis and followed by malignancy.