Open AccessPulmonary arteriovenous malformation: An uncommon disease with common presentation
Author(s) -
Debabrata Biswas,
Atin Dey,
Mukul Chakraborty,
Saurabh Biswas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.71965
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , tuberculoma , arteriovenous malformation , pulmonary tuberculosis , angiography , pulmonary angiography , radiography , tuberculosis , pathology
A 45-year-old male presented with massive hemoptysis, clubbing in all limbs, disproportionate hypoxia and persistent ill-defined shadow in left lower zone in chest radiograph since his childhood. The patient received empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment and the chest X-ray finding was misinterpreted as tuberculoma. Subsequently, CT pulmonary angiography proved it to be a case of a simple type solitary pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with a saccular aneurysm in left lower lobe.