• Title/Summary/Keyword: pulmonary aeteriovenous fistula

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Thoracoscopic Lobectomy of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula -A Case Report- (흉강경을 이용한 폐동정맥루의 수술)

  • Im, Jeong-Cheol;Jang, Taek-Hui;Baek, Hui-Jong;Na, Myeong-Hun
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.660-663
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    • 1996
  • Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula is relatively rare disease, and the most common types are congenital in origin. The clinical presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula ranges from incidental finding on a chest roentgenogram to polycythemia, cyanosis, congestive heart failure, and major neurologic deficits caused by paradoxical embolism. Recently we have experienced a case of asymptomatic, well-localized pulmonary arteriovenous fistula In a 13 years-old female patient, which was successfully treated by thoracoscopic lobectomy.

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