A Case of Pancreatic Arteriovenous Malformation with Portal Hypertension: Treatment with Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt .
10.3348/jkrs.2004.50.3.175
- Author:
Seong Hoon KIM
;
Young Whan KIM
;
Yong Joo KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pancreas, arteriovenous malformation;
Portal hypertension, portosystemic shunt
- MeSH:
Arteriovenous Malformations*;
Ascites;
Esophageal and Gastric Varices;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Hypertension, Portal*;
Middle Aged;
Pancreas;
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical*;
Rare Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2004;50(3):175-178
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Arteriovenous malformation of the pancreas is a rare disease, and it is manifested by gastrointestinal bleeding and/or portal hypertension. Surgery is definitely the treatment of choice at the early stage of the disease, and a transcatheter embolization is an alternative treatment for the control of bleeding and if the lesion is surgically inaccessible. We describe a 62-year-old man who had refractory ascites and esophageal variceal bleeding caused by a pancreatic arteriovenous malformation associated with portal hypertension; this was successfully treated by a transjugular intrahepatic portosytemic shunt.
