RT Book, Section
A1 Zellos, Lambros
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1105843718
T1 Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105843718
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  term  pulmonary  arteriovenous  malformation  (AVM)  refers  to  lesions  that  have  abnormal  communications  between  the  pulmonary  arteries  and  pulmonary  veins.  Numerous  other  names  have  been  used  in  the  past  to  describe  these  lesions,  such  as  pulmonary  telangiectasias,  aneurysms,  fistulas,  hemangiomas,  and  cavernous  angiomas.  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