Torsion of Arteriovenous Malformation – A Rare Case of Acute Abdomen

Linda Kokaine^1, , Andis Lemanis¹, Sergejs Sapovalovs¹, Arnis Abolins² and Arturs Balodis³

¹Department of Surgery, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

²Department of Pathology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

³Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

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Linda Kokaine, Andis Lemanis, Sergejs Sapovalovs, Arnis Abolins and Arturs Balodis. Torsion of Arteriovenous Malformation – A Rare Case of Acute Abdomen. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014; 2(11):229-231. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-2-11-1

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare finding in gastrointestinal tract usually asymptomatic, although sometimes causes gastrointestinal bleeding or pain. Even more rarely it can be found in other abdominal organs like liver, pancreas, spleen etc. We present a unique case of acute abdominal pain – a patient with torsion of arteriovenous malformation of gastroepiploic arteries with following ischemia and thrombosis causing severe pain. A search at the literature has not yielded any other case report describing similar cause of the acute abdomen.

Keywords

abdominal / gastroepiploic arteriovenous malformation, AVM, abdominal pain

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