In Reply

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemoptysis by PD Dr. med. Harald Ittrich, Prof. Dr. med. Maximilian Bockhorn, Dr. med. Hans Klose, and Dr. med. Marcel Simon in issue 21/2017

We thank the reader for his helpful comment and detailed remarks about the treatment of hemoptysis in Goodpasture syndrome. However, this is a rare cause of hemoptysis, with an incidence of 0.2%, for which reason we did not elaborate on the specific therapies in our review (1). As with other pathologies, special diseases require special therapies, as this clinical picture impressively highlights.

DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0662b

On behalf of the authors:

PD Dr. med. Harald Ittrich

Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Center for Radiology and Endoscopy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Conflict of interest statement

PD Dr. Ittrich has received conference fee reimbursement, travel expenses, and speaking honoraria from Boston Scientific.

References

1. Ittrich H, Bockhorn M, Klose H, Simon M: The diagnosis and treatment of hemoptysis. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2017; 114: 371–81