Kamath S Ganesh, Vivek G, Borkar Shirish, Ramachandran Padmakumar
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Oct 12;2012:bcr2012006811. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006811.
We report the case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with breathlessness on exertion and iron deficiency anaemia. Evaluation revealed a large mass in the right lung which on further investigation was determined to be a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) with a large aneurysmal sac. The patient subsequently underwent a lobectomy with an uneventful recovery. The pathophysiology of PAVM and its varied presentations are also discussed.