A Case of Colonic Angiodysplasia in Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
- Author:
Kang Hee KIM
1
;
Dae Young KIM
;
Jin Hun JO
;
Kyu Hwan LEE
;
Dong Lyeol LEE
;
Hee Ook PARK
;
Jong Han OOK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Angiodysplasia;
Colon;
Bleeding
- MeSH:
Aged;
Angiodysplasia*;
Cecum;
Colon*;
Colonoscopy;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage;
Hemorrhage*;
Humans;
Lower Gastrointestinal Tract;
Male;
Prunus
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1999;19(3):469-472
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Colonic angiodysplasia is important because of the likelihood of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding, either massively or chronically. A 66-year-old male patient visited our hospital because of hematochezia and lower abdominal discomfort. He underwent colonoscopy, which revealed 0.5 cm sized, cherry red colored, branching, ozzing vessel with fern-like margin on cecum. Although he received endoscopic injection therapy with hypertonic saline and oral estrogen-progesterone therapy, subsequent ileocecal resection was performed due to recurrent bleeding. Histology of the resected specimen showed irregularly dilated, distorted, thin-walled vessels in submucosa.
