Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation mimicking pancreatic neoplasm: a systematic multimodality diagnostic approach and treatment

Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Jan 28;13(2):305-309. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.06.015. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation (pAVM) is a very rare entity, as less than 100 cases are reported in the international literature. Patients with pAVM may be asymptomatic or may present a wide range of symptoms, such as vague pain, feeling of fullness, gastrointestinal bleeding, or even portal hypertension. We present the multimodality approach in the diagnosis of a patient with pAVM and treatment via transcatheter arterial embolization of the lesion using steel coils. The patient was free of symptoms 12 months later.

Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Multimodality imaging; Pancreas.

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