Pancreaticoduodenectomy for duodenal bleeding due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

South Med J. 1987 Mar;80(3):368-9. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198703000-00024.

Abstract

A variant of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia may be gastrointestinal bleeding with no other classical symptoms. This case demonstrates the effectiveness of surgical resection as treatment of duodenal bleeding from telangiectatic lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology*
  • Duodenal Diseases / pathology
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery
  • Duodenum / pathology
  • Duodenum / surgery*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreas / surgery*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications*
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / pathology