Intrapleural haemorrhage complicating pulmonary arteriovenous fistula.
Rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula caused intrapleural haemorrhage in a young woman with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and multiple bilateral fistulas. Bleeding was limited and exsanguination was probably prevented by pleural adhesions. Treatment included decortication, excision of the bleeding fistula, and prophylactic sclerosis of the opposite pleural space.
D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous