Embolisation percutanée d'une fistule artérioveineuse pulmonaire chez un enfant.
(1994) Archives de pédiatrie — Vol. 1, n° 1, p. 46-48 (1994)
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- BACKGROUND--Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is a rare vascular abnormality in children that is usually treated by lobectomy. This report describes a case that was improved by coil embolization. CASE REPORT--A thoracic X-ray was routinely taken before amygdalectomy in a 6 year-old girl. It showed a consolidation area in the left superior lobe that persisted despite treatment with erythromycin for 3 weeks. Bronchoscopy was normal, but study of blood gases showed a refractory hypoxemia with moderate cyanosis and hemoglobin at 16.2 g/dl. Right-heart catheterization and angiography showed a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula that was treated by coil embolization. A control investigation 3 months later showed normal arterial oxygen saturation, hemoglobin at 14.5 g/dl and reduced pulmonary condensation. CONCLUSION--Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula may show few symptoms. Coil embolization appears to be a useful initial non-aggressive treatment.
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Callebaut, B., Sluysmans, T., Stijns, M., Lintermans, J., & Vliers, A. (1994). Embolisation percutanée d’une fistule artérioveineuse pulmonaire chez un enfant. Archives de pédiatrie, 1(1), 46-48. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/135047 (Original work published 1994)