Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula presenting as spontaneous haemothorax.

Spontaneous haemothorax in Osler-Weber-Reftdu disease

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (OslerWeber-Rendu disease) is an uncommon disease and, in over 98% of cases, the patients present with recurrent episodes of epistaxis (Harrison, 1964). It has been estimated that 15% of patients develop a pulmonary arterio-venous fistula during their lives (Hodgson et al., 1959). The patient with a pulmonary arterio-venous fistula may suffer from various ...

Fatal right spontaneous haemothorax in Von Recklinghausen's disease.

Spontaneous massive haemothorax is uncommon and usually occurs as a result of pulmonary infarction, arteriovenous fistula, neoplasm, ruptured aortic aneurysm, rupture of pleural adhesions or pleural endometriosis. Massive haemothorax in Von Recklinghausen's disease occurs rarely but with potentially fatal results in spite of surgery. We present a case of a spontaneous massive exsanguinating hae...

Spontaneous massive haemothorax in von Recklinghausen's disease.

Spontaneous massive intrathoracic bleeding is infrequent and usually secondary to pulmonary infarction, arteriovenous fistula, neoplasm, ruptured aortic aneurysm, rupture of pleural adhesions, and, rarely, endometriosis of the pleura.1 We wish to document another cause of spontaneous massive haemothorax in a patient with disseminated neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease). Bleedingwas...

Massive pulmonary arteriovenous malformation presenting with tamponading haemothorax.

Life-threatening haemothorax: a rare presentation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.

Arteriovenous malformations of the lung are rare pulmonary vascular disorders which can suddenly lead to life threatening complications. Haemothorax due to rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is very rare. We report here a case of a 39 year-old lady who presented with an acute onset of shortness of breath due to right-sided massive haemothorax and was subsequently detected ...