Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in a child
Sharifah, A.I.M.; Jasvinder, K.; Rus, A.A.
Singapore Medical Journal 50(4): e127-e129
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 19421665 Document Number: 635198
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare vascular anomalies. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with exertional dyspnoea, cyanosis and clubbing since the age of five years, and multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram showed a large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation at the lower lobe of the right lung. Pulmonary angiogram showed a large right lung arteriovenous malformation and two small left lung arteriovenous malformations. The multiple arteriovenous malformations were occluded with Gianturco coils. She is now asymptomatic and on regular follow-up.