Massive bleeding from left colonic arteriovenous malformation in a young patient with ventricular septal defect

Korean J Intern Med. 1998 Feb;13(1):56-9. doi: 10.3904/kjim.1998.13.1.56.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / pathology
  • Colon / blood supply*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male