A CASE OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN A PATIENT WITH BRAIN-ABSCESS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC

Authors
WATANABE N MUNAKATA Y OGIWARA M MIYATAKE M NAKAGAWA F HIRAYAMA J
Citation
N. Watanabe et al., A CASE OF PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION IN A PATIENT WITH BRAIN-ABSCESS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC, Chest, 108(6), 1995, pp. 1724-1727
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
108
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1724 - 1727
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1995)108:6<1724:ACOPAM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 45-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a brain abscess due to asymptomatic pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM). The b rain abscess was removed by craniotomy and excision following antibiot ic therapy. The stapled wedge excision of the lung with the PAVM was s uccessful under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.