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

Pregnancy hemothorax pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Journal

European journal of case reports in internal medicine
ISSN: 2284-2594
Titre abrégé: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101648453

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 21 08 2022
accepted: 24 08 2022
entrez: 27 10 2022
pubmed: 28 10 2022
medline: 28 10 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

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. 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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36299847
doi: 10.12890/2022_003549
pii: 3549-1-30608-1-10-20220922
pmc: PMC9586515
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

003549

Informations de copyright

© EFIM 2022.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflicts of Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Melissa van den Bulck (M)

Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium.

Claude Berenger Ngah (C)

Service des Urgences, CHR de Huy, Huy, Belgium.

Hyppolyte Ntula (H)

Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium.

Yilmaz Gorur (Y)

Service de Radiologie, Clinique André Renard, Herstal, Belgium.

Benoit Cardos (B)

Service de Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Denis Brisbois (D)

Services de Radiologie, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium.

Noel Lorenzo-Villalba (N)

Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

Deeba Ali (D)

Services des Urgences, CHC Clinique MontLégia, Liège, Belgium.

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