[Resected case of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation diagnosed with a brain abscess as a clinical manifestation; report of a case]

Kyobu Geka. 2008 Mar;61(3):246-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 63-year-old female with Rendu-Osler-Weber disease had general fatigue and right hemiparesis. A computed tomography (CT) scan of her head demonstrated an enhancing cystic mass in the left frontal lobe, and it was diagnosed as a brain abscess and then drainaged. Thereafter, a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) identified in the left lingular segment by chest CT scan and the PAVM was resected by partial resection of the lung.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery*
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Brain Abscess / etiology
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*