Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformation Associated With Pulmonary Alveolar Haemorrhage: A Rare Case Report

Dr. Smit Patel, Dr. Shazia Khan, Dr. Nalin T. Shah

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PAVM are rare pulmonary vascular anomalies, patient may present with hemoptysis, shortness of eath and hypoxemia. Direct communication between the anches of pulmonary artery and pulmonary veinswithout an intervening pulmonary bed are probably the most common anomaliesof pulmonary vascular tree.Although most patients are asymptomatic because of paradoxical emboli various central venous system complications have been described including stroke and ain abcess.

There is a strong association between PAVM and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Chest radiography and contrast enhanced computed tomography are essential initial diagnostic tools but pulmonary angiography is the gold standard. Contrast echocardiography is useful for diagnosis and monitoring after treatment. Therapeutic options include angiographic embolisation with metal coil or balloonOcclusion and surgical excision.

More than 80% of PAVMs are congenital and of those 47–80% are associated with osler weber render disease or HHT. Secondary or acquired PAVM are very rare.

We present a case of PAVM,which was picked on a chest x–ray done in a patient with hemoptysis.

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Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformation Associated With Pulmonary Alveolar Haemorrhage: A Rare Case Report , Dr.SMIT PATEL, Dr.SHAZIA KHAN, Dr.NALIN T. SHAH , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7|Issue-11| November-2018

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