Pancreaticoduodenectomy for duodenal bleeding due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
A variant of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia may be gastrointestinal bleeding with no other classical symptoms. This case demonstrates the effectiveness of surgical resection as treatment of duodenal bleeding from telangiectatic lesions.
D000328:Adult; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000601:surgery*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology