A case of pelvic arteriovenous malformation in a male.
BACKGROUND
Congenital pelvic arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is rare especially in males. We present a case of pelvic AVM in a 38-year-old male. He was admitted to our hospital with left flank abdominal pain and painless gross hematuria.
Pelvic computed tomography demonstrated a homogeneous contrast-enhanced mass, 6 cm in diameter. For diagnosis, non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and color Doppler ultrasonography were very useful in our case. Though the treatment is controversial, we decided to monitor his clinical course.
Tanaka
M
M
Department of Urology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. m-tanaka@wc4.so-net.ne.jp
Iida
K
K
Matsumoto
S
S
Takeuchi
T
T
Yamaguchi
K
K
Nishimura
Y
Y
Tominaga
T
T
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001706:Biopsy; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*