[Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas].
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas are rare malformations often associated with Rendu-Osler-Weber (ROW) disease. Morbidity and mortality are significant and arise from hemorrhagic and neurological complications.We report the cases of two patients, mother and son, with earlier diagnoses of ROW disease, who suffered, respectively, a stroke and a brain abscess with massive pulmonary thromboembolism. Helicoid computed axial tomographic scans demonstrated pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in both. Given these findings, we performed embolotherapy.
Servicios de Neumología. Hospital Universitario de Getafe. Getafe. Madrid. Spain.
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López Vime
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de Miguel Díez
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Jara Chinarro
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Salgado Salinas
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Gómez Santos
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Serrano Iglesias
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed