Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: A rare cause of erythrocytosis

Yavuz A., Nisanci Y., Umman S., Sargin D., Dincol G.

WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT, vol.110, no.21, pp.770-772, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 110 Issue: 21
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Journal Name: WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.770-772
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Various chronic pulmonary diseases can cause hypoxia mediated erythrocytosis. We report on a 46 year old male patient presenting with erythrocytosis, in whom a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula on the basis of a vascular malformation was identified as a rare cause of hypoxic erythrocytosis. Thus, congenital pulmonary vascular malformations can become clinically manifest in advanced age.