title: [Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in Osler's disease].
abstract: In a retrospective study over a period of 10 years we found 16 patients with Osler's disease and associated pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in the hospital of the University of Heidelberg and the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg-Rohrbach. We report about the radiologic diagnostic findings and the clinical manifestations of this defined pulmonary malformation. Radiologic findings are round or oval lobulated homogeneous masses. The size ranges from < 1 to several centimeters in diameter, most fistulas were located in the lower lobes. Feeding and draining vessels can be identified frequently on plain radiographs or tomograms/CT. Best procedure to recognize these malformations is the selective pulmonary arterial angiography.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiodiagnostik der Universitätskliniken Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhl
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tüngerthal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Pulmonale arteriovenöse Gefässfisteln bei M. Osler.