PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA - DETECTION WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY

Authors
BERTHEZENE Y HOWARTH NR REVEL D
Citation
Y. Berthezene et al., PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA - DETECTION WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY, European radiology, 8(8), 1998, pp. 1403-1404
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09387994
Volume
8
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1403 - 1404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0938-7994(1998)8:8<1403:PA-DWM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula are an uncommon disorder, and are most frequently congental, usually then associated with hereditary hemorrh agic telangectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease). We present, to our kno wledge, the first case of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula detected b y gadolinum-enhanced pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography and conf irmed by digital subtraction pulmonary angiography in a patient were t he CT scan was unremarkable.