Pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformation (PAVM): A Rare Case Report

Mymensingh Med J. 2017 Jan;26(1):212-215.

Abstract

A 6-year-old boy from Comilla, was admitted in Dhaka Medical College Hospital with exertional dyspnea, central cyanosis, clubbing and was finally diagnosed as pulmonary Arterio-Venous Malformation (PAVM) by bubble contrast echocardiography, and pulmonary CT angiography. As PAVM is rare in children, it is often not thought of in differential diagnoses and the diagnosis remains in disguise. In this report, we described the clinical presentation of 6-year-old child with PAVM and also how to investigate the case to get the diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Malformations* / diagnostic imaging
  • Bangladesh
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery* / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins* / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Veins* / diagnostic imaging