title: [Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula within the picture of congenital angiodysplasias. Clinical case].
abstract: The aetiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula are examined in the light of a case observed at the Florence University Surgery Clinic in 1970 and marked by multiple truncular fistulae at the middle and inferior lobes of the right lung. The condition is seen as an instance of congenital angiodysplasia with arteriovenous shunt. A clear distinction is drawn between true fistulae, as seen in the reported case, and angioma and aneurysm. Stress is laid on the importance of radical management, though it is conceded that surgery should occasionally be renounced in the absence of symptoms, or where lung hypertension is particularly marked.
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010701:Phonocardiography
vernacular_title: La fistola artero-venosa polmonare nel quadro delle angiodisplasie congenite. Caso clinico