title: Successful resection of a congenital superior mesenteric arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: A 15-month-old male presented with severe gastrointestinal bleeding and heart failure. Imaging revealed a superior mesenteric artery arteriovenous malformation, associated with a congenital portosystemic shunt. The heart failure was cured by resection of the arteriovenous malformation.
authors.affiliation: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spitz
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Roebuck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milla
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016534:Cardiac Output, High / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography