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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2008; 14(25): 4091-4092
Published online Jul 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4091
Published online Jul 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4091
Gastric arterio-venous malformation emerging from splenic artery
Ram Elazary, Avraham I Rivkind, Gidon Almogy, Department of General Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Anthony Verstandig, Department of Radiology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel
Author contributions: Elazary R wrote the article and treated the patient at the emergency room and the department; Verstandig A performed the angiographic procedure; Rivkind AI scheduled the transfer of the patient to our institute and treated the patient; Almogy G treated the patient and assisted in writing the article.
Correspondence to: Ram Elazary, MD, Department of General Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. ramelazary@hadassah.org.il
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Received: January 21, 2008
Revised: June 8, 2008
Accepted: June 15, 2008
Published online: July 7, 2008
Revised: June 8, 2008
Accepted: June 15, 2008
Published online: July 7, 2008
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.
Keywords: Arterio-venous; Malformation; Gastrointestinal; Bleeding; Angiography