Congenital arteriovenous malformation rupturing into a true jejunal diverticulum.
Massive hemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract of an elderly patient due to a hitherto unreported cause is described. A congenital arteriovenous malformation located in the submucosa of a true jejunal diverticulum ruptured into the lumen. Both selective angiographic demonstration and histologic documentation of the bleeding point are presented. The simultaneous presence of these two entities is probably not a coincidence and is discussed.
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Laboratory Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Lai
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Harisiadis
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Chapman
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous