SOLITARY ILEOCOLIC ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION - SPONGOSTAN AND SILK THERAPEUTIC EMBOLIZATION

Authors
ALCADE M JIMENEZ G DIAZ P GARCIADIAZ M PASCASIO JM MORO R ZAPATA J LOPEZSANTAMARIA A
Citation
M. Alcade et al., SOLITARY ILEOCOLIC ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION - SPONGOSTAN AND SILK THERAPEUTIC EMBOLIZATION, Postgraduate medical journal, 73(859), 1997, pp. 295-296
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
73
Issue
859
Year of publication
1997
Pages
295 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1997)73:859<295:SIAM-S>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A debilitated patient with liver cirrhosis and poor haemostasis had a severe lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. A superior mesenteric arter iogram revealed an early persistent and promiment draining vein in the ileocolic artery. Two fragments of Spongostan and silk were used to e mbolise the bleeding artery and the haemorrhage ceased immediately. No infarction of the embolised area was observed and the bleeding was co ntrolled.