Massive haemothorax: a presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
Bandyopadhyay, S.K.; Nandy, A.; Sarkar, S.; Ghoshal, A.G.
Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 50(3): 285-287
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0377-9343 PMID: 18630796 Document Number: 620836
Arteriovenous malformations of the lung are relatively uncommon lesions with varied clinical presentation. Nearly half of these are associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber disease. Magnetic resonance angiography is an accurate and non-invasive diagnostic modality. We report a case of a 56-year-old male who had massive haemothorax due to rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation arising from the right interlobar artery.