TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
T2 - Role of interventional radiology in diagnosis and treatment
AU - Sharma, Pranav
AU - Kochar, Puneet
AU - Sharma, Salil
AU - Gupta, Nishant
AU - Li, Shuo
AU - Hooda, Kusum
AU - Kumar, Yogesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Annals of Translational Medicine.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Pulmonary arterio-venous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins communicating directly without interposition of a capillary bed and about 80-90% of patients with PAVMs eventually may present with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), remaining ones are sporadic cases. On the other hand, about 15-35% of HHT patients may present with PAVMs. The PAVMs have a tendency to grow and increase in size over time and various factors like puberty, pregnancy and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affect growth. This condition needs early diagnosis, aggressive management and vigilant follow up. Our article aims to review pulmonary AVMs as a rare cause of strokes in young patients. We will discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, complications, the therapeutic options and the follow up.
AB - Pulmonary arterio-venous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins communicating directly without interposition of a capillary bed and about 80-90% of patients with PAVMs eventually may present with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), remaining ones are sporadic cases. On the other hand, about 15-35% of HHT patients may present with PAVMs. The PAVMs have a tendency to grow and increase in size over time and various factors like puberty, pregnancy and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affect growth. This condition needs early diagnosis, aggressive management and vigilant follow up. Our article aims to review pulmonary AVMs as a rare cause of strokes in young patients. We will discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, complications, the therapeutic options and the follow up.
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U2 - 10.21037/atm.2017.06.23
DO - 10.21037/atm.2017.06.23
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027452723
SN - 2305-5839
VL - 5
JO - Annals of Translational Medicine
JF - Annals of Translational Medicine
IS - 17
M1 - 345
ER -