title: Pelvic arteriovenous malformation with iliac vein thrombosis. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Surgery, Enshu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Chikamatsu
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Nagashima
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Mizukami
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ikuta
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Sakurai
mesh_terms: 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