title: [Rare case of multiple pulmonary nodules--a case report].
abstract: The article presents the case of a 44 years old female patient admitted in the hospital for a solitary pulmonary nodule discovered through a chest X-ray performed for left thoracic pain. Despite the young age, a lot of comorbidities were present: severe dyslipidemia, ischemic right cerebellar lesion, degenerative periventricular lesions, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, uterine fibroma, fibrocystic mastitis, polyglobulia of uncertain etiology and Rendu-Osler disease. The investigation which showed the nature of the pulmonary nodule was the CT scan with intravenous contrast, which demonstrated that the nodules were in fact arterial-venous malformations as part of the Rendu-Osler disease. This case offers the opportunity to discuss about etiopathogeny, morphopathology, criteria of diagnosis and treatment principles in Rendu-Osler disease.
authors.affiliation: Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie "Marius Nasta" Bucureşti. ancamacri@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macri
authors.forename: Andreea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pleşiţă
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alexandru
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Stoica
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mihălţan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*