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Arteriovenous malformation of the cecum: Report of six cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Patients who have chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding with negative conventional work-ups should undergo superior mesenteric arteriography to look for arteriovenous malformations. Once the diagnosis is made, treatment is immediate conventional right hemicolectomy. Six patients with arteriovenous malformations described in this report have had no recurrence of rectal bleeding in one to five years.

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  1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Angiology and Pathology of The Buffalo General Hospital, Suite 901, 50 High Street, 14203, Buffalo, New York

    Amarjit Singh M.D., Sadashiv Shenoy M.D., Amarjit Kaur M.D., Satish Sachdanand M.D. & J. Edwin Alford M.D.

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, State University of New York, Suite 901, 50 High Street, 14203, Buffalo, New York

    Amarjit Singh M.D., Sadashiv Shenoy M.D., Amarjit Kaur M.D., Satish Sachdanand M.D. & J. Edwin Alford M.D.

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Singh, A., Shenoy, S., Kaur, A. et al. Arteriovenous malformation of the cecum: Report of six cases. Dis Colon Rectum 20, 334–339 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586433

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