title: Arteriovenous malformation of the stomach: a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Haemorrhage arising from gastric arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is rare and normally occurs in the elderly. Bleeding gastric AVM presenting in the younger age group is even rarer. We report a case of a 14 year old boy who presented with recurrent episodes of haematemesis. He subsequently underwent a proximal gastrectomy and the histological examination confirmed a gastric AVM. After reviewing the literature we believe this is the youngest ever reported case of bleeding gastric AVM reported in English literature.
authors: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Department of Surgery, Jalan Yaakub Latiff, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. naniharlinalatar@gmail.com
authors: N H M
authors: NH
authors: Latar
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Phang
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Yaakub
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Muhammad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*