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Massive bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation in the gastric fundus following gastric biopsy treated by embolisation
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Massive bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation in the gastric fundus following gastric biopsy treated by embolisation

A S Ibrahim, M H Allangawi and A M al-Muzrakchi
International journal of clinical practice (Esher), Vol.57(4), pp.354-355
05/2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2003.tb10502.x
PMID: 12800475

Abstract

Angiography - methods Arteriovenous Malformations - complications Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnostic imaging Arteriovenous Malformations - therapy Biopsy - adverse effects Embolization, Therapeutic - methods Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Gastric Fundus - blood supply Gastric Fundus - pathology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy Hematemesis - etiology Humans Male Melena - etiology Middle Aged
A 60-year-old male was admitted with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding following a gastric biopsy. Repeat gastroduodenoscopy failed to identify the source. Angiography identified bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation at the fundus of the stomach. This was controlled by embolisation.

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