Alveolar Hemorrhage After Scuba Diving: A Case Report

Received 24 April 2009; accepted 12 November 2009.

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) diving is increasingly popular in Taiwan. There are few references in the literature regarding pulmonary hemorrhage as the sole manifestation of pulmonary barotrauma in scuba divers, and no study from Taiwan was found in the literature. We present the case of a 25-year-old man who suffered alveolar hemorrhage related to pulmonary barotrauma as a complication of scuba diving. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing a Taiwanese subject suffering from non-fatal pulmonary hemorrhage after scuba diving.

Key Words: alveolar hemorrhage , computed tomography , hemoptysis , scuba diving

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a Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

c Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

d Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Mee-Sun Tsai, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

PII: S1607-551X(10)70064-4

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70064-4

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