(1) Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan;(2) Present address: Sapporo National Hospital, 2 Chome 6Jo, Kikusui, Shiroishi ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan
Abstract:
We report an 11-year-old boy with diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (multiple telangiectasia type). Contrast echocardiography proved R to L shunting at the peripheral levels of the lungs. A definitive diagnosis was obtained by pulmonary arteriography.