Massive intestinal bleeding caused by an ileal arteriovenous malformation: report of a case.
We report herein the case of a 43-year-old man in whom gastrointestinal bleeding was found to be caused by a large arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the ileum. Emergency angiography proved invaluable in disclosing the AVM as the bleeding source, after which the patient was successfully treated by surgery. Although the number of reports of AVM has recently been increasing, ileal AVMs are still relatively rare. Moreover, according to the Japanese literature, no other patient has had such marked and large feeding arteries and draining veins as those in the patient described in this report.
Kurihara
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First Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
Mochizuki
H
H
Yamamoto
S
S
Tamakuma
S
S
Makita
K
K
Furui
S
S
Terahata
S
S
Tamai
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*