Salvage pneumonectomy for pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in a 12-year-old boy with brain abscess and hemiparesis: A fatal outcome

Salvage pneumonectomy for pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in a 12-year-old boy with brain abscess and hemiparesis: A fatal outcome

Large pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) constitute an uncommon cause of central cyanosis with septic embolism and brain abscess. This large right to left shunt can lead to chronic severe hypoxemia and significant morbidity and mortality if untreated. Conservative parenchyma-sparing lung...

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Main Authors: Gauranga Majumdar, Surendra Kumar Agarwal, Shantanu Pande, Bipin Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Brain abscess
contrast echocardiography
cyanosis
embolotheraphy
lung resection
pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2016;volume=33;issue=2;spage=202;epage=204;aulast=Majumdar

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