[Recurrent neurological accidents due to pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae (author's transl)].
The authors report a case of recurrent cerebral embolism in a 43-year-old patient with a familial form of Rendu-Osler-Weber disease and review their experience of 19 cases of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Neurological complications were rare but considerably aggravated the disease. They were due to a significant right/left shunt but remained unpredictable, being unrelated to peripheral arterial saturation. The pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic possibilities are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*
Accidents neurologiques à répétition par fistules artério-veineuses pulmonaires.