title: Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation involving adjacent duodenum in a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the pancreas is extremely rare. A 56-yr-old man with AVM of the head of the pancreas who was presented with recurrent episode of melena is described herein. The preoperative diagnosis was confirmed by angiographic study, and he was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy. Histological examination of the resected specimen revealed pancreatic AVM involving the adjacent duodenal wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery 1, Chiba University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishige
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarashina
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy