ABSTRACT
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), or Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by recurrent epistaxis, mucocutaneous telangiectasias, and visceral involvement including arteriovenous malformations that may develop in any organ, especially in the lung, brain, liver and GI tract. Early screening and regular follow up of patients with HHT are important to minimize the risk of development of serious sequelae. We report a case of 46-year-old female patient who had "suspected HHT" and review the literature on this rare disease.
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Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Anesthesia , Arteriovenous Malformations , Brain , Epistaxis , Follow-Up Studies , Gastrointestinal Tract , Liver , Lung , Mass Screening , Rare Diseases , Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic , TelangiectasisABSTRACT
A 54-year-old male patient with squamous cell carcinoma of lung was scheduled for right lower lobectomy. He had suffered from diabetes mellitus during 8 years, but his preoperative electrocardiogram was normal sinus rhythm. During right thoracotomy, 2 times of unstable paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) appeared but returned to normal sinus rhythm by carotid sinus massage. But, third unstable PSVT was not controlled by adenosine and anterior-lateral paddle positioned biphasic cardioversion. We changed anterior-lateral paddle position to anterior-posterior paddle position. And PSVT terminated abruptly and changed to sinus rhythm. So we present a case of unstable PSVT during right thoracotomy and treated with anterior-posterior paddle positioned biphasic cardioversion.