Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with lung arteriovenous malformation

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  • Dr Antoine Micheau

Publication date: September 13, 2011 | Updated on June 9, 2015

Report

Diagnosis

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with lung arteriovenous malformation

History

Acute hemopthysis since 5 days on a 16 yo boy.

Spontaneous recurrent epistaxis in childhood

Findings

CT :

Multiple arterioveinous malformations (AVM) in right and left lung.

The biggest AVM is located on left upper lobe, with enlarged feeding artery and draining vein.

Lung angiography :

Pulmonary AVMs with single artery draining into an enlarged vein. Embolization with detachable metal coils.

Clinical Case Channel IMAIOS

Album: Thorax

Keyframes

CT Thorax Axial Arterial phase CT Thorax Axial Air window Right lung angiography Selective angiography Embolization with coils CT Thorax Coronal CT Thorax MIP

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