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The Left Pneumonectomy Combined with Monocrotaline or Sugen as a Model of Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats
Published on: March 8, 2019
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with severe hypoxemia
Adel K Ayed1, Samer Bazerbashi, Babu Uthaman
1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. adel@hsc.edu.kw
Objective:
To report a case of right pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) affecting the right upper lobe, following the incidence of empyema thoracis in the contralateral lung.
Clinical Presentation And Intervention:
A 19-year-old, previously healthy male presented with acute respiratory distress, left pleuritic chest pain, fever and hypoxemia. Clinical findings, laboratory and radiological examinations including pulmonary angiogram were consistent with the diagnosis of left pneumonia complicated with parapneumonic pleural effusion and right upper lobe PAVM. The patient was intubated and ventilated because of persistent hypoxemia. He was successfully treated by percutaneous transcatheter embolization.
Conclusion:
This case shows that percutaneous transcatheter embolization is a safe and effective first option for the treatment of PAVM.
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