Pulmonary Varix Mimicking Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in a Patient with Turner Syndrome

Vol. 74, No. 1, 2007

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Pulmonary Varix Mimicking Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation in a Patient with Turner Syndrome
Jacques-Olivier Maillard^a, Vincent Cottin^{a, b}, Bénédicte Etienne-Mastroïanni^a, Jean-Marc Frolet^d, Didier Revel^c, Jean-François Cordier^{a, b}

^aService de Pneumologie, Centre des Maladies Orphelines Pulmonaires, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Université Claude Bernard,
^bUMR 754 INRA-ENVL-UCBL,
^cService de Radiologie, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon,
^dSCP de Pneumologie, Châlon-sur-Saône, France

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Respiration 2007;74:110-113 (DOI: 10.1159/000087181)

Key Words

Pulmonary varix
Arteriovenous malformation
Turner syndrome

Abstract

A 36-year-old asymptomatic female with Turner syndrome was referred for a 3-cm opacity of the left lung detected by routine chest X-ray. A computed tomography scan of the chest suggested a vascular lesion such as pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, and transcatheter embolotherapy was considered. The lack of a right-to-left shunt on contrast echocardiography led to suspect an alternate diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging and pulmonary angiography eventually demonstrated a pulmonary varix associated with a partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. Contrast echocardiography may help to distinguish between pulmonary varix and arteriovenous malformation.

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Vincent Cottin
Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel
28 avenue Doyen Lépine
FR-69677 Lyon (Bron) Cedex (France)
Tel. +33 4 72 35 76 52, Fax +33 4 72 35 76 53, E-Mail vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr

Article Information

Received: May 5, 2004
Accepted after revision: October 18, 2004
Published online: July 21, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 4
Number of Figures : 3, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 9

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