Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula Associated with Osler-Rendu-Weber Syndrome

Four patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) were treated for the past ten years. Examinations of their families revealed Osler's disease (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) in all. In the four families, another three cases of PAVF were found. Of these seven patients with PAVF,...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 739 - 741
Main Authors KUWAHARA, Osamu, MATSUMURA, Akihide, DOHI, Hideki, NAKAGAWA, Yoshiki, UEDA, Einosuke
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1987
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Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula
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Summary:Four patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) were treated for the past ten years. Examinations of their families revealed Osler's disease (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) in all. In the four families, another three cases of PAVF were found. Of these seven patients with PAVF, only three underwent surgery. Of four unoperated patients, one died of brain abscess ten months after the diagnosis, one suffered from cerebrovascular accident one year after the diagnosis.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.41.739