title: Massive bleeding from left colonic arteriovenous malformation in a young patient with ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Arteriovenous malformation of the gut is well known to have been an important bleeding focus in past ages. We report a young Korean male patient, who had been known to have ventricular septal defect, presenting massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation involving a long segment of the left colon. Angiographic, gross and histologic findings are presented and the literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Know
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Keum
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male