TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation A1 - Zellos, Lambros A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - The term pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (AVM) refers to lesions that have abnormal communications between the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins. Numerous other names such as pulmonary telangiectasias, aneurysms, fistulas, hemangiomas, and cavernous angiomas have also been used to describe these lesions. These lesions can be congenital, usually as part of the hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, also known as Rendu–Osler–Weber syndrome, or acquired from bronchiectasis, infections, hepatic cirrhosis, mitral stenosis, malignancies, or trauma. AVMs have been described based on number (single vs. multiple), location (unilateral vs. bilateral, parenchymal vs. pleural), and size or type of drainage (simple vs. complex).1,2 These lesions are quite rare with an unknown incidence. Modern lung cancer screening chest CT scan series report an incidence of 1:2600 patients.3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/17 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170412120 ER -