title: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare anterior mediastinal mass.
abstract: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare pulmonary vascular lesions which are associated with Osler Weber Rendu syndrome (hereditary haemorrhagic telangectasia). They act as right-to-left shunts and have cardiovascular and embolic complications. We present a patient with an apparent anterior mediastinal mass secondary to a pulmonary arteriovenous malformations which was successfully treated percutaneously.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department Department of Medicine, Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. ryan.walklin@ccdhb.org.nz
authors.forename: Ryan Patrick
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Walklin
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Entwisle
authors.forename: Ying Kei
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Viswas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dayal
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*