Case reportArteriovenous Malformation in the Anterior Mediastinum
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Arteriovenous malformations of the mediastinum are exceedingly rare [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] and more commonly present in infancy or childhood. They arise from an abnormality of embryonic vascular development between the fourth and fifth week of intrauterine life and enlarge as the individual grows. AVMs consist of multiple direct communications between arterial and venous branches, with no intervening capillary network.
This vascular anomaly was first described in the mediastinum by Lunde and
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