title: Duodenal angiodysplasia: MR angiographic evaluation.
abstract: We describe a patient in whom endoscopy failed to determine the origin of gastrointestinal bleeding, and magnetic resonance angiography showed dilated inferior pancreaticoduodenal veins that were considered indirect signs of the duodenal angiodysplasia. Incidentally, a connection between the inferior vena cava and the inferior pancreaticoduodenal veins were also noted. Repeat endoscopy and catheter angiography confirmed the presence of the angiodysplasias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Síhhiye, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. ayse.erden@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erden
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bozkaya
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Türkmen Soygür
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bektaş
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erden
mesh_terms: D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged