title: Gastric arterio-venous malformation emerging from splenic artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. ramelazary@hadassah.org.il
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elazary
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verstandig
authors.forename: Avraham I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Rivkind
authors.forename: Gidon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Almogy
mesh_terms: 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