Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in children

Zafer Dokumcu; Coskun Ozcan; Hudaver Alper; Ata Erdener

doi:10.1111/ped.12564

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in children

Pediatr Int. 2015 Aug;57(4):708-11. doi: 10.1111/ped.12564. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Authors

Zafer Dokumcu¹, Coskun Ozcan¹, Hudaver Alper², Ata Erdener¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
² Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.

PMID: 25712408
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12564

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.

Keywords: children; cyanosis; dyspnea; pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography
Arteriovenous Fistula / complications
Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Hemoptysis / diagnosis
Hemoptysis / etiology*
Hemoptysis / surgery
Humans
Infant
Male
Pneumonectomy / methods
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / surgery
Radiography, Thoracic
Thoracotomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Supplementary concepts

Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas