title: Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome: congenital arteriovenous intrapulmonary fistula treated using a percutaneous Amplatzer plug.
abstract: Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) are rare vascular malformations (PAVMs) of the lung that could lead to severe hypoxiemia due to right-to-left intrapulmonary shunts. They may occur as isolated entities or associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome or hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). We report a case of a 70 years old woman with Rendu-Osler-Weber disease and a large arteriovenous malformation involving the left pulmonary artery. We describe the successful transcatheter occlusion of the PAVF using an Amplatzer vascular plug. This work is an attempt to focus the attention on pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and on percutaneous treatment as an alternative to surgery, that consists of a conservative lung resection.
authors.affiliation: C.U.B.E. Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari e Respiratorie, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Ospedale Carlo Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiorucci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serpilli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patrizi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giannunzio
authors.forename: M Guzzo
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pirozzo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiorucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucantoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*