title: Massive hemoptysis in a child due to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: Hemoptysis due to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is rare in pediatric patients, but it must be included in the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis after other etiologies are excluded. We present a case of an 11-yr-old girl who presented with massive hemoptysis due to a PAVM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001027:Aortography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed