title: Perirectal arteriovenous malformation treated by angioembolization and low anterior resection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric General Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA. jrpierce@chla.usc.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panossian
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anselmo
mesh_terms: 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*