Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (PAVMs) and Pregnancy: A Rare Case of Hemothorax and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Federica Di Guardo (Author), Viviana Lo Presti (Author), Giuliana Costanzo (Author), Elisa Zambrotta (Author), Luisa Maria Di Gregorio (Author), Antonio Basile (Author), Marco Palumbo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are anatomical abnormalities consisting in a direct connection between pulmonary arteries and veins. Most of PAVMs are related to Hereditary Hemorrhagic Teleangiectasia, whereas only 10 to 20% are isolated sporadic cases. PAVMs tend to increase in size n...