title: [Two cases of familial pulmonary arteriovenous fistula].
abstract: Two cases of familial pulmonary arteriovenous fistula are reported. Case 1: A 54-year-old woman was admitted with exertional dyspnea. An abnormal shadow on chest X-ray had been noted since the age of 37 years. Pulmonary angiography demonstrated bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. Case 2: A 25-year-old man, the son of Case 1, was admitted for operation for the same disease. The mother and son both suffered from repeated epistaxis due to Rendu-Osler-Weber disease. In order to reserve pulmonary function, fistulectomy was performed in both cases, and their subsequent clinical courses were good.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (I), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ietsugu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunezuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins