Pulmonary AVM: Thromboembolic stroke of the cerebellum from a R to L pulmonary shunt

Abstract

Here is a case of a Pulmonary AVM in a female presenting with sudden onset of dizziness and vomiting most likely secondary to a paradoxical emboli causing an ischemic stroke of the cerebellum.

Keywords

• Cerebellar infarction
• Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation
• Cerebellar ischemic infarct
• PAVM
• Complex pulmonary AVM complication