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An arteriovenous fistula between the systemic and pulmonary circulations may be congenital, as in bronchopulmonary sequestration, or the communication may be acquired. Inflammatory disease, trauma, and, rarely, neoplasm have been implicated as possible causes of acquired communications. We describe a patient who had a systemic artery-to-pulmonary vein fistula that was secondary to a recurrent sarcoma of the chest wall. Review of the literature failed to reveal a previous report of a similar case.
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Berquist, T.H., Sheedy, P.F., Stanson, A.W. et al. Systemic artery-to-pulmonary vein fistula in osteogenic sarcoma of the chest wall. Cardiovasc Radiol 1, 261–263 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552053
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