Massive bleeding from left colonic arteriovenous malformation in a young patient with ventricular septal defect.
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.
Jung
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Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Bak
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Know
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Kim
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Kim
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Keum
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Park
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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