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Huge arteriovenous malformation due to chronic infection

Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz^a, Bülent Tunçözgür^a,*, Selim Kervancolu^b and Levent Elbeyli^a

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaziantep University Medical School, 27070 Kolejtepe, Gaziantep, Turkey
^b Department of Radiology, Gaziantep University Medical School, 27070 Kolejtepe, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Acquired pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) related to chronic infections are extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old male patient having a huge pulmonary AVMs being fed with multi-systemic vascular divisions weeded in ascending aorta due to chronic infection. The AVMs were managed by combined intra-arterial embolization and surgical resection.

Key Words: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation; Chronic infection; Intra-arterial embolization