Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: a rare anterior mediastinal mass

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2012 Oct;56(5):545-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02361.x. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Abstract

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare pulmonary vascular lesions which are associated with Osler Weber Rendu syndrome (hereditary haemorrhagic telangectasia). They act as right-to-left shunts and have cardiovascular and embolic complications. We present a patient with an apparent anterior mediastinal mass secondary to a pulmonary arteriovenous malformations which was successfully treated percutaneously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angiography / methods*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mediastinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging*