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Pitfalls in the diagnosis of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Michael Schiemmer ,
Gerald Tulzer  and
Maria Wimmer
Michael Schiemmer*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children' Hospital, Linz
Gerald Tulzer
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children' Hospital, Linz
Maria Wimmer
Affiliation:
From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children' Hospital, Linz
*
Univ.-Doz. Dr. Michael Schiemmer, Universitäats-Kinderklinik Wien, Abteilung für Kinderkardiologie, Währinger Gurtel 18–20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel. 00431 40400-3199; Fax. 00431 40400-3238.
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Summary

A homogeneous opacity of the right upper lobe was found radiographically in a 15-month-old male child during investigation of an upper respiratory tract infection. Based on computerized tomography, the diagnosis was made of a solid tumor of the lung. At thoracotomy, dilated serpentine vessels were found on the surface of the right upper lobe, and the diagnosis of a large arteriovenous malformation was considered. Use of enhanced computed tomography without contrast and failure to note a reduced arterial oxygen saturation were two diagnostic pitfalls. The diagnosis of an arteriovenous malformation was confirmed by pulmonary angiography, and a right upper lobectomy was successfully performed.

Keywords

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformationschildhooddiagnosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 408 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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