Gastric arterio-venous malformation emerging from splenic artery.
In this case report, we present a patient who suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding. The bleeding source was a gastric arterio-venous malformation emerging from the splenic artery. Attempts to stop the bleeding failed and therapeutic angiography succeeded in occluding the vessel. A search at the literature has not yielded any other case report describing this anatomical anomaly.
Elazary
Ram
R
Department of General Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. ramelazary@hadassah.org.il
Verstandig
Anthony
A
Rivkind
Avraham I
AI
Almogy
Gidon
G
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D016896:Treatment Outcome