Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal
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An Asymptomatic Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Case Mimicking a Cavitary Lung Lesion

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Department of Pulmonary Diseases, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Radiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

Cerrahpasa Med J 2022; 46: 272-274
DOI: 10.5152/cjm.2022.22018
Read: 868 Downloads: 326 Published: 11 October 2022

Cavitary lung lesions can be seen due to tuberculosis, malignancy, and rheumatological diseases. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare lesions that may contain cavitation. Our case is a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation encountered in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who is receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

Cite this article as: Vardaloğlu I, Çalışkaner Öztürk B, Durmaz EŞ, Bilgiç S, Börekçi S. An asymptomatic pulmonary arteriovenous malformation case mimicking a cavitary lung lesion. Cerrahpaşa Med J. 2022;46(3):272-274.

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