Detection of a Rare Complication of Endovascular Treatment for Brain Arteriovenous Malformation with Echocardiography

Multiple congenital visceral abnormalities as a rare cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Background

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disorder. PAH is caused by a wide spectrum of pathologies but the cause remains undetermined on many occasions and patients are classified in the idiopathic group.

Case presentation

Here we report a young woman with rare congenital visceral abnormalities presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension.

Conclusions

Pulmonary hypertension is a complex disorder. Search for uncommon conditions that lead to pulmonary hypertension is necessary to determine the best management options.

Supplementary Information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43044-022-00273-x.

Complications in pediatric interventional neuroradiology management. Reflections on a personal experience

Pediatric interventional neuroradiology is a rewarding but demanding specialty. It cannot be classified as a miniaturized technical procedure simply because it deals with small vessels in small patients but remains a field requiring specific knowledge combining clinical, anatomical, physiologic, and technical features. Complications that occur remain terrible experiences in this population whose patients have not personally requested to be treated for their vascular malformations. The aim of this article is to evoke the various possible groups of complications that may occur during a pediatric endovascular procedure in order to make physicians aware of these problems and help them to avoid them.