Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: detection with magnetic resonance angiography

Eur Radiol. 1998;8(8):1403-4. doi: 10.1007/s003300050560.

Abstract

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula are an uncommon disorder, and are most frequently congenital, usually then associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease). We present, to our knowledge, the first case of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula detected by gadolinium-enhanced pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography and confirmed by digital subtraction pulmonary angiography in a patient where the CT scan was unremarkable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
  • Gadolinium / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography*
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins / pathology

Substances

  • Gadolinium