Perirectal arteriovenous malformation treated by angioembolization and low anterior resection.
We present a case of a child with ongoing lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a rectosigmoid arteriovenous malformation. To reduce perioperative bleeding, we performed preoperative angioembolization followed by subsequent resection by low anterior resection. Here we present the case and review the literature regarding neoadjuvent embolization for gastrointestinal and pelvic arteriovenous malformations.
Pierce
James
J
Pediatric General Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA. jrpierce@chla.usc.edu
Matthews
Jamil
J
Stanley
Philip
P
Panossian
Andre
A
Ford
Henri
H
Anselmo
Dean
D
D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000098:blood supply*