Traumatic Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting as Spontaneous Hemothorax

Obteene Azimi-Ghomi; Marcela Ramirez; Dieter Brummund; Marc Gibber; Maurice R Mawad

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.16072

Traumatic Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting as Spontaneous Hemothorax

Obteene Azimi-Ghomi
, Marcela Ramirez
, Dieter Brummund
, Marc Gibber
, Maurice R Mawad

Department of General Surgery, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, USA.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.16072
State	Published - Jun 30 2021

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