Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations - embolization with Amplatzer vascular plug.
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are associated to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in about 70% of the cases. PAVMs are associated to serious neurologic complications, secondary to inherent paradoxical embolisms. Treatment of the malformations is done to prevent these complications. The authors report a clinical case of a patient with two PAVMs, with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, who was treated by embolization with an Amplatzer vascular plug, a new device increasingly used in these situations. The authors emphasise some of its characteristics and advantages when compared with other embolization techniques most commonly used.
Santos
Cláudia Sofia
CS
Interna Complementar de Pneumologia.
Norte
Ana
A
Ferreira
Ilda
I
Almeida
Paulo
P
Segorbe Luís
A
A
Loureiro
Mário
M
Fontes Baganha
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*