title: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in children.
abstract: Although pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are relatively rare in children, they are important in the differential diagnosis of common pulmonary problems, such as hypoxemia, hemoptysis and dyspnea on exertion. We report the cases of two PAVM patients with different presentations and describe the treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dokumcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Coskun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hudaver
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alper
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdener
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: children; cyanosis; dyspnea; pulmonary arteriovenous malformation