J Korean Radiol Soc.  2004 Mar;50(3):175-178. 10.3348/jkrs.2004.50.3.175.

A Case of Pancreatic Arteriovenous Malformation with Portal Hypertension: Treatment with Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

• Kim SH
• Kim YW
• Kim YJ

• KMID: 2199844
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2004.50.3.175

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.

Keyword

Pancreas, arteriovenous malformation; Portal hypertension, portosystemic shunt

MeSH Terms

Arteriovenous Malformations*
Ascites
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Hemorrhage
Humans
Hypertension, Portal*
Middle Aged
Pancreas
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical*
Rare Diseases