title: Massive haemothorax: a presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India. drsanjay_b@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nandy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ghoshal
mesh_terms: 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