Pelvic arteriovenous malformation with iliac vein thrombosis. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Congenital arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the pelvis are relatively rare and are difficult to treat because of diffuse extension and the number of feeding vessels.


METHODS
We describe a patient with a pelvic AVM with shunts who also developed iliac vein thrombosis. The AVM was diagnosed during evaluation of what had initially appeared to be a venous stasis ulcer.


RESULTS
The ulcer was successfully treated by Palma s procedure, partial resection of the feeding vessels, and transcatheter arterial embolization.


CONCLUSIONS
Coexistence of a pelvic AVM with an iliac vein thrombosis has not previously been reported.
Chikamatsu
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E
Department of Surgery, Enshu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Nagashima
T
T
Mizukami
Y
Y
Ikuta
K
K
Sakurai
T
T
D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D011859:Radiography; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging