Abstract:A case history is presented of a 12 year old girl with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. The diagnosis was based on clinical and radiological signs and on physiological evidence for a large arteriovenous shunting of blood in the lungs. As an unexpected other finding, diffusing capacity was markedly decreased. The largest radiologically apparent fistula, situated in the right lower lobe, was resected; peroperative clamping of pulmonary arterial blood supply to the affected lobe substantiated the presence of an a… Show more
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