Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in a child.
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare vascular anomalies. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with exertional dyspnoea, cyanosis and clubbing since the age of five years, and multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram showed a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation at the lower lobe of the right lung. Pulmonary angiogram showed a large right lung arteriovenous malformation and two small left lung arteriovenous malformations. The multiple arteriovenous malformations were occluded with Gianturco coils. She is now asymptomatic and on regular follow-up.
Sharifah
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Paediatric Cardiology Unit, Penang General Hospital, Residensi Road, Penang 10990, Malaysia. sharifah.mokhtar@gmail.com
Jasvinder
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D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed