Massive haemothorax: a presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
Arteriovenous malformations of the lung are relatively uncommon lesions with varied clinical presentation. Nearly half of these are associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber disease. Magnetic resonance angiography is an accurate and non-invasive diagnostic modality. We report a case of a 56-year-old male who had massive haemothorax due to rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation arising from the right interlobar artery.
Bandyopadhyay
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Department of Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India. drsanjay_b@rediffmail.com
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D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic