title: Massive hemothorax due to enlarging arteriovenous fistula in pregnancy.
abstract: A 37-year-old woman with hereditary telangiectasia suffered a life-threatening hemothorax due to an enlarging pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy. This was treated by emergency right lower lobectomy and excision of arteriovenous malformations in the right middle and upper lobes, with no postoperative complications, and the subsequent delivery of a normal infant. Women with hereditary telangiectasia contemplating pregnancy should be screened for the presence of PAVM to anticipate complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Medicine, Newmarket General Hospital, Suffolk, UK.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Laroche
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shneerson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography