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Life-threatening pulmonary haemorrhage treated with coil embolisation followed by lobectomy in a patient with KCNT1 mutation.

Dhaval ChauhanPieter Alexander VerhoevenUtkarsh KohliJai P UdassiChristopher E Mascio
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2024)
KCNT1 mutations are associated with childhood epilepsy, developmental delay, and vascular malformations. We report a child with a likely pathogenic KCNT1 mutation (c.1885A>C, p.Lys629Glu) with recurrent pulmonary haemorrhage due to aortopulmonary collaterals successfully managed with coil embolisation followed by right upper lobectomy.
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