TY - JOUR AU - Brugioni, Lucio AU - Catena, Chiara AU - Ferraro, Eugenio AU - Scarabottini, Serena AU - Mori, Francesca AU - Clini, Enrico PY - 2019/11/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A case of dyspnea: respiratory failure due to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation JF - Italian Journal of Medicine JA - Ital J Med VL - 13 IS - 4 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.4081/itjm.2019.1195 UR - https://www.italjmed.org/ijm/article/view/itjm.2019.1195 SP - 244-246 AB - <p>Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between pulmonary arteries and veins. The clinical features suggestive of PAVMs are stigmata of right-to-left shunting (dyspnea, hypoxemia, cyanosis, cerebral embolism, brain abscess), unexplained hemoptysis, or hemothorax.<br>We present a case of young man presented to Emergency Department complaining dyspnea, polycythemia and persistent hypoxemia. Angio-CT scan of the chest detected multiple PAVMs.<br>PAVMs are uncommon in the general population, but they are an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of common pulmonary problems, including hypoxemia, pulmonary nodules, and hemoptysis</p> ER -