An uncommon case of haemorrhagic enteric fever treated successfully with super-selective embolisation using polyvinyl alcohol particles and coils.
- Author:
Wei Yang LIM
1
;
Martin Weng Chin H'NG
;
Sundeep PUNAMIYA
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore. drlimweiyang@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Adult;
Angiography;
Embolization, Therapeutic;
instrumentation;
methods;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage;
therapy;
Humans;
Polyvinyl Alcohol;
chemistry;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Treatment Outcome;
Typhoid Fever;
therapy
- From:Singapore medical journal
2013;54(3):e53-5
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to enteric fever is uncommon and potentially fatal. The majority of patients recover with conservative treatment, with surgery reserved for life-threatening bleeding. Given the advances in radiologically guided procedures, there have been numerous reports of successful embolisation for gastrointestinal haemorrhage, although few of these involved enteric fever as the causative agent. We report an uncommon case of haemorrhagic enteric fever treated successfully with embolisation using polyvinyl alcohol particles and coils.
