Unusual complications after embolization of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

T Haitjema; J M ten Berg; T T Overtoom; J M Ernst; C J Westermann

doi:10.1378/chest.109.5.1401

Unusual complications after embolization of a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Chest. 1996 May;109(5):1401-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1401.

Authors

T Haitjema¹, J M ten Berg, T T Overtoom, J M Ernst, C J Westermann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.

PMID: 8625700
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1401

Abstract

A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was embolized in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Several unusual complications, including early deflation of a detachable balloon, migration of a coil, and development of severe pulmonary hypertension, occurred. Pulmonary hypertension was attributed to a coexistent left-to-right shunt caused by a large hepatic arteriovenous malformation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
Female
Hepatic Artery / abnormalities
Hepatic Veins / abnormalities
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion / etiology
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications