title: Diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous fistula shown by contrast echocardiography and pulmonary angiography.
abstract: We report an 11-year-old boy with diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (multiple telangiectasia type). Contrast echocardiography proved R to L shunting at the peripheral levels of the lungs. A definitive diagnosis was obtained by pulmonary arteriography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*