A ruptured pulmonary arteriovenous fistula after laparoscopic operation

• Published in: 中华创伤杂志（英文版） Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 359 - 361
• Main Authors: Hong-Wei Shang, Sheng-Bin Sun, Guang-Yao Ma, Xing-Ming Mei, Chao Li, Kang Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chinese PLA No.254 Hospital, Tianjin, China%Department of Pathology, Chinese PLA No.254 Hospital, Tianjin, China 2017
• Subjects: Ruptured; Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; Laparoscopic

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a rare anomaly in the lung,and hemothorax or massive hemoptysis due to spontaneous rupture of the fistula sac is even rarer.The patient described here was a 47-year-old woman who presented with massive hemoptysis resulting from the rupture of her PAVF just a...