Ghaffari Hamedani, Seyed Mohammad Mehdi

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

[ 1 ] - Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Surgery in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

 Background and purpose: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) are lung lesions that affect most of the periphery of the lower lobes, and are manifested by dyspnea, hemoptysis, and hemothorax. Pregnancy is one of the conditions in which these malformations appear due to hemodynamic changes and hormonal factors such as increased levels of estrogen. This paper presents the case of a pregna...