Case Reports : Massive Bleeding from Left Colonic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Young Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect

Arteriovenous malformation of the gut is well known to have been an important bleeding focus in past ages. We report a young Korean male patient, who had been known to have ventricular septal defect, presenting massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation involving a lo...

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Published in:The Korean journal of internal medicine 1998-01, Vol.13 (1), p.56
Main Authors: Gil Man Jung, Young Tae Bak, Oh Sang Know, Jeong Heon Oh, Jae Seon Kim, Han Kyeom Kim, Jeong Hwan Keum, Cheol Min Park, In Ho Cha, Kwang Il Kim, Jin Ho Kim
Format: Article
Language:Korean
Subjects:
Arteriovenous malformation
Left colon
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Ventricular septal defect
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Summary:Arteriovenous malformation of the gut is well known to have been an important bleeding focus in past ages. We report a young Korean male patient, who had been known to have ventricular septal defect, presenting massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation involving a long segment of the left colon. Angiographic, gross and histologic findings are presented and the literature is reviewed.
ISSN:1226-3303
2005-6648