ecurrent nonmassive hemoptysis is one of the common outpatient visits in a pulmonary clinic and, in many cases, the cause of hemoptysis remains unknown. We describe a case of recurrent nonmassive hemoptysis of an unknown cause, which was eventually diagnosed as endobronchial telangiectasia using narrow band imaging during bronchoscopy. Case Report A 37-year-old male patient, an office worker, presented to the pulmonary medicine outpatient with a complaint of recurrent hemoptysis for the last 2 months. He previously had unremarkable rhino-laryngoscopy and blood tests from multiple evaluations, including HIV testing. The hemoptysis was not resolved despite antibiotics and transamine treatment. The frequency of hemoptysis was at least two to three times per month, with fresh and clotted blood (5-10 ml) in each episode (Figure 1).
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