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DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038990
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Central Large Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation with Aneurysmal Dilatation
Publikationsverlauf
received May 8, 2008
Publikationsdatum:
30. September 2009 (online)
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Abstract
A centrally located large pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) with aneurysmal formation is uncommon and the optimal treatment remains unclear. Here we report a 63-year-old female with a large PAVM located in the pulmonary hilum presenting with dyspnea and a brain abscess. A muscle-sparing thoracotomy with lobectomy of the left upper lobe was successfully performed under the guidance of three-dimensional reconstruction imaging of the thoracic vasculature.
Key words
Thoracic surgery - computed tomography - vascular malformation
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Dr. Yu-Chung Wu
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road
112 Taipei
Taiwan – Republic of China
eMail: wuyc@vghtpe.gov.tw