Successful Resections for Bilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas

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Abstract
ALTHOUGH pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas were first reported in 1897 by Churton1 the significance of these lesions has been overlooked until recent years. The first report of a case diagnosed clinically with certitude was made in 1939 by Smith and Horton,2 and in the same year Hepburn and Dauphinee3 described for the first time the surgical treatment of these lesions. In 1946 Lindgren4 wrote one of the early reports of the x-ray manifestations of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. There are now over 150 cases reported in the literature, including the excellent description of the syndrome by Burchell and Clagett.5 Nevertheless, pulmonary arteriovenous . . .