Diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous fistula shown by contrast echocardiography and pulmonary angiography.
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.
Murakami
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T
Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Nakanishi
M
M
Konishi
T
T
Hase
N
N
Sakiyama
Y
Y
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*