A Case of Arteriovenous Malformation of the Pancreas with Acute Pancreatitis

Tadashi Yoshida, Masahiro Takahashi, Shiroh Nakano, Hiromitsu Akabane, Naoyuki Yanagida, Hiroki Shoumura, Koji Imai, Masahiro Hagiwara, Iwao Maruya* and Shigechika Kohashi*

Department of Surgery, JA Hokkaido Kosei-ren Asahikawa Kosei Hospital
Maruya Hospital*

A 37-year-old man seen for left abdominal and back pain diagnosed with acute pancreatitis with arteriovenous malformation of the pancreatic body and tail initially underwent conservative therapy, but continued to experience severe abdominal pain. We conducted distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and partially resected the stomach and transverse colon because of tight adhesion to surrounding tissues and the formation of new blood vessels. The postoperative course was uneventful except for abdominal abscess.

Key words
pancreas, arteriovenous malformation

Reprint requests
Tadashi Yoshida Department of Surgery I, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine
Kita 15 Nishi 7 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638 JAPAN

Accepted
July 23, 2008

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