Successful resection of a congenital superior mesenteric arteriovenous malformation.
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.
Joshi
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom.
Spitz
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Roebuck
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Milla
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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