[Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: a case in childhood].
The authors describe a rare case of congenital, bilateral arteriovenous fistulas of the lung, without other symptoms of hemorrhagic telangiectasis. The disease was diagnosed in a ten-year-old child, because of a chronic hypossiemia state. The angiography with digitalized technique defined, at the best, the vascular anomalies; the examen cannot be substituted by other imaging methods. First a therapeutic embolisation in angiography was tried without success because of the dimension of the arteriovenous shunt. Then a local excisional therapy was carried out, on one lung. One year after the operation, the oxygenative and clinical conditions of the patient are excellent.
Bertolani
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Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Modena, Italia.
Forese
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Muratori
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Marotti
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Bertolani
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Calandra Buonaura
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D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery