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20505024

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
990
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal direct communications between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins. These abnormal communications result in an anatomical right-to-left shunt that reduces the arterial oxygen saturation and may cause hypoxaemia and dyspnoea. Although PAVMs frequently remain undiagnosed, they are associated with severe morbidity in the form of ischaemic strokes and brain abscesses. We report a case of incidental CT angiography depiction of a PAVM within a pulmonary cyst. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has been described previously. On the basis of its appearance and lack of typical clinical features of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), we suggest that this PAVM actually represents an acquired fistula from a previously unrecognised focal pulmonary insult, such as trauma or infection, that simultaneously evolved into a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) within a traumatic pulmonary cyst or pneumatocele.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1748-880X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e114-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula within a pulmonary cyst - evaluation with CT pulmonary angiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. eghersin@med.miami.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports