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A 10-year-old boy with dyspnea and hypoxia: abernathy malformation masquerading as pulmonary arteriovenous fistula

BACKGROUND: Abernethy malformation is an extremely rare congenital malformation characterised by an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Children with Abernathy malformation can develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVF) or pulmonary hypertension. PAVF manifests...

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Autores principales: Xie, Lijian, Li, Yun, Jiang, Xunwei, Zhao, Jian, Xiao, Tingting
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30744582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1422-x