Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

  • Melissa van den Bulck Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
  • Claude Berenger Ngah Service des Urgences, CHR de Huy, Huy, Belgium
  • Hyppolyte Ntula Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
  • Yilmaz Gorur Service de Radiologie, Clinique André Renard, Herstal, Belgium
  • Benoît Cardos Service de Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
  • Denis Brisbois Services de Radiologie, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
  • Noel Lorenzo Villalba Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Deeba Ali Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12890/2022_003549

Keywords

Pregnancy, hemothorax, pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Abstract

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the arteries and veins of the pulmonary vasculature leading to a right-to-left shunt. We report the case of a pregnant patient who presented with chest pain revealing a haemothorax secondary to the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation. The diagnosis was made during arteriography after simultaneous performance of an urgent caesarean section and thoracic drainage.

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    • Published: 2022-09-23

    Issue: 2022: Vol 9 No 9 (view)

    Section: Articles

    How to cite:
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    van den Bulck M, Ngah CB, Ntula H, Gorur Y, Cardos B, Brisbois D, Lorenzo Villalba N, Ali D. Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation. EJCRIM 2022;9 doi:10.12890/2022_003549.

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