Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the arteries and veins of the pulmonary vasculature leading to a right-to-left shunt. We report the case of a pregnant patient who presented with chest pain revealing a haemothorax secondary to the rupture of an arteri...
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| author | Melissa van den Bulck Claude Berenger Ngah Hyppolyte Ntula Yilmaz Gorur Benoît Cardos Denis Brisbois Noel Lorenzo Villalba Deeba Ali |
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| description | Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the arteries and veins of the pulmonary vasculature leading to a right-to-left shunt. We report the case of a pregnant patient who presented with chest pain revealing a haemothorax secondary to the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation. The diagnosis was made during arteriography after simultaneous performance of an urgent caesarean section and thoracic drainage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e7eee0886a7448fa4f9c4466138effb2022-12-22T03:54:41ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942022-09-0110.12890/2022_0035493084Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous MalformationMelissa van den Bulck0Claude Berenger Ngah1Hyppolyte Ntula2Yilmaz Gorur3Benoît Cardos4Denis Brisbois5Noel Lorenzo Villalba6Deeba Ali7Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, BelgiumService des Urgences, CHR de Huy, Huy, BelgiumServices des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, BelgiumService de Radiologie, Clinique André Renard, Herstal, BelgiumService de Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique, Université de Liège, Liège, BelgiumServices de Radiologie, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, BelgiumService de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceServices des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, BelgiumPulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the arteries and veins of the pulmonary vasculature leading to a right-to-left shunt. We report the case of a pregnant patient who presented with chest pain revealing a haemothorax secondary to the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation. The diagnosis was made during arteriography after simultaneous performance of an urgent caesarean section and thoracic drainage.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3549pregnancyhemothorax pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |
| spellingShingle | Melissa van den Bulck Claude Berenger Ngah Hyppolyte Ntula Yilmaz Gorur Benoît Cardos Denis Brisbois Noel Lorenzo Villalba Deeba Ali Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine pregnancy hemothorax pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |
| title | Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation |
| title_full | Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation |
| title_fullStr | Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation |
| title_short | Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation |
| title_sort | haemothorax in a pregnant woman secondary to rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |
| topic | pregnancy hemothorax pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3549 |
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