Traumatic pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with massive hemoptysis 30 years after penetrating chest injury.
Ann Thorac Surg
; 76(3): 942-4, 2003 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-12963241
ABSTRACT
A 39-year-old man presented with massive hemoptysis requiring emergency double lumen endobronchial intubation, bronchial arteriography and embolization, and subsequent right lower lobectomy. He had suffered a shrapnel blast injury to the right chest as a 9-year-old boy. Pathology of the resected specimen revealed lodged metallic foreign body with traumatic arteriovenous malformation. We present this case to alert thoracic surgeons to this extremely rare clinical entity that can present itself many years after the penetrating trauma, which requires urgent surgery.
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Asunto principal:
Malformaciones Arteriovenosas
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Arteria Pulmonar
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Venas Pulmonares
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Traumatismos Torácicos
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Heridas por Arma de Fuego
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Cuerpos Extraños
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Hemoptisis
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Ann Thorac Surg
Año:
2003
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Article
País de afiliación:
Australia