Pregnancy; hemothorax; pulmonary arteriovenous malformation; Internal Medicine
Abstract :
[en] ("[en] 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.
LEARNING POINTS: The rupture of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in a pregnant patient is a serious and potentially life-threatening event, especially if it is not diagnosed quickly.It is crucial to use whatever imaging test is available whether ionizing or non-ionizing, as no thoracic imaging has been shown to adversely affect the fetus beyond embryogenesis.It is important for emergency doctors to consider this life-threatening condition in the differential diagnosis of atypical chest pain in pregnant women.","[en] ","")
Disciplines :
Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
van den Bulck, Melissa; Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
Berenger Ngah, Claude; Service des Urgences, CHR de Huy, Huy, Belgium
Ntula, Hyppolyte; Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
Görür, Yilmaz ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service médical de radiodiagnostic ; Service de Radiologie, Clinique André Renard, Herstal, Belgium
Cardos, Benoît ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service des urgences
Brisbois, Denis; Services de Radiologie, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
Lorenzo-Villalba, Noel; Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Ali, Deeba; Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation.
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
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