Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1999 Jun;19(3):469-472.

A Case of Colonic Angiodysplasia in Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.

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.

Keyword

Angiodysplasia; Colon; Bleeding

MeSH Terms

Aged
Angiodysplasia*
Cecum
Colon*
Colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage*
Humans
Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
Male
Prunus
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