Abstract

In most instances, congenital arteriovenous fistula is only one manifestation of a more widespread abnormality; 60% of patients also have hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis (Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome). Among those with congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, the diagnosis is made during infancy in only 15% of patients. We present a case of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in a newborn and review the literature. This rare condition of newborns can be treated with different surgical procedures. Only 17 cases of newborn pulmonary arteriovenous fistula/have been reported, and only two of those had associated Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome. The results of surgical procedures were good in most of these cases. We treated our case with lobectomy successfully.

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Olguntürk R, Oğuz D, Tunaoğlu S, Ikizler C, Sezgin A, Kula S. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in the newborn: a case report of Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome and a review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr 2001; 43: 332-337.