Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is a rare condition in which there is abnormal connection between pulmonary arteries and veins. The disorder usually appears in late childhood or early adult life, with dyspnea on exertion, clubbing or cyanosis. We present two patients with severe cyanosis...

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Autores principales: Mottaghi, Hassan, Kahrom, Mahdi, Nezafati, Mohammad Hassan, Kahrom, Hadi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532721
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author Mottaghi, Hassan
Kahrom, Mahdi
Nezafati, Mohammad Hassan
Kahrom, Hadi
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description Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is a rare condition in which there is abnormal connection between pulmonary arteries and veins. The disorder usually appears in late childhood or early adult life, with dyspnea on exertion, clubbing or cyanosis. We present two patients with severe cyanosis and their work-up to diagnosis of PAVM, as a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood.
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spelling pubmed-29842962010-11-30 Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood Mottaghi, Hassan Kahrom, Mahdi Nezafati, Mohammad Hassan Kahrom, Hadi Pan Afr Med J Case report Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is a rare condition in which there is abnormal connection between pulmonary arteries and veins. The disorder usually appears in late childhood or early adult life, with dyspnea on exertion, clubbing or cyanosis. We present two patients with severe cyanosis and their work-up to diagnosis of PAVM, as a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood. African Field Epidemiology Network 2009-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2984296/ /pubmed/21532721 Text en Copyright © 2009 Hassan Mottaghi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title_full Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title_fullStr Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title_full_unstemmed Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title_short Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
title_sort congenital pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532721
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