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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2016; 26(01): 95-98
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.178352
Intervention Radiology

Transcatheter embolization of pancreatic arteriovenous malformation associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis

S Rajesh
Department of Interventional Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Amar Mukund
Department of Interventional Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Vikram Bhatia
Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Ankur Arora
Department of Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Pancreatic arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is extremely rare; even rarer is its association with pancreatitis. The authors report a case of PAVM causing recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis in a 46-year-old male. Patient refused surgery and was treated with transcatheter arterial embolization using liquid embolic agent (mixture of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate glue and lipiodol), which resulted in a significant decrease in the size of the PAVM.

Keywords

Embolization - lipiodol - pancreatic arteriovenous malformation - pancreatitis


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30 July 2021

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