Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: ultrasonographic approach.
Report of a pediatric case with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) in hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia (HHT), primary suspected by ultrasound. There is a characteristic sonographic feature of the complex type of PAVF revealing septations in contrast of the simple type. The diagnosis was established by angiography.
Rittberg-Children's-Hospital, Free University of Berlin, West.
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D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography