A Case of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy for Unilateral Diffuse Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation.
10.4046/trd.2006.61.6.585
- Author:
Jong Yul JUNG
1
;
Jong Keun LIM
;
Sung Wan CHUN
;
Won Na SUH
;
Dae Jun KIM
;
Kwang Hun LEE
;
Moo Suk PARK
;
Se Kyu KIM
;
Joon CHANG
;
Sung Kyu KIM
;
Young Sam KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ysamkim@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diffuse;
Pulmonary;
Arteriovenous malformation
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Arteriovenous Malformations*;
Female;
Humans;
Lung;
Pneumonectomy*;
Pulmonary Artery;
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic;
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted;
Veins
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2006;61(6):585-590
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal direct communications between the pulmonary arteries and veins. PAVMs may occur as either an isolated abnormality or in association with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, also called Osler-Weber-Rendu disease. The topic of PAVM has recently been extensively reviewed, but little is known about the clinical characteristics and course of patients having a diffuse pattern of the disease. Herein, is reported a case of unilateral diffuse PAVM in an 18 year old female patient, who underwent a right pneumonectomy, under a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach, as the diffuse small pulmonary arteriovenous malformation involved the whole right lung.
