Accompanying Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in Patient with Hydatidiform Mole: A Case Report

Accompanying Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in Patient with Hydatidiform Mole: A Case Report

The most common site of metastasis in gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is the lung. To the best of our knowledge, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) associated with pulmonary metastatic lesions are extremely rare in patients with GTD. Here, we report a case of a nineteen-year-old woman who...

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Main Authors: So Hyeon Bak, Hye-Kyung Yoon, Young Wook Jeon, Jung Hwa Ko, Bong-Ki Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Radiology 2017-11-01
Series:대한영상의학회지
Subjects:
arteriovenous malformation
hemorrhage
hydatidiform mole
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2017.77.5.339
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Summary:The most common site of metastasis in gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is the lung. To the best of our knowledge, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) associated with pulmonary metastatic lesions are extremely rare in patients with GTD. Here, we report a case of a nineteen-year-old woman who presented with pulmonary AVMs which developed in the areas of pulmonary metastases, complicated by recent hemorrhage.
ISSN:1738-2637
2288-2928

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