Pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm with secondary polycythemia; report of the first case treated by lobectomy
| Autor: | W. H. Beierwaltes, F. X. Byron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Secondary Polycythemia
medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm business.industry Polycythemia Aneurysm Surgery Lesion Arteriovenous Malformations Congenital pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm Medical profession Arteriovenous Fistula medicine Humans medicine.symptom business Cause of death |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Medical Association. 134(13) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9955 |
| Popis: | In 1938 the attention of the members of the medical profession was first called by Rodes1to congenital pulmonary arteriovenous aneurysm with secondary polycythemia as a cause of cyanosis. Since this first report only 7 of these cases have been reported,2although 2 others without polycythemia have been noted,3and rupture of the arteriovenous fistulas has been recorded as a cause of death in infants.4In none of the 7 cases just mentioned2was the condition diagnosed correctly by the first physician to see the adult patient. As 3 of these patients were completely cured by total pneumonectomy5and as the lesion has been recognized more frequently in the last eight years, it is important that physicians become aware of this condition as a cause of cyanosis. Since our patient is the first to be treated by lobectomy and since this curable condition is |
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