Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula ruptured to pleural cavity in pregnancy

Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995;29(1):39-41. doi: 10.3109/14017439509107200.

Abstract

Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is frequently associated with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease). With the increased blood flow in pregnancy such fistulas enlarge, occasionally giving rise to haemothorax, which generally has a poor prognosis. A familial case is presented in which massive haemothorax required emergency thoracotomy in the 27th week of pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / complications*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / congenital*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
  • Cesarean Section
  • Female
  • Hemothorax / diagnosis
  • Hemothorax / etiology*
  • Hemothorax / surgery
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Thoracotomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed