| Literature DB >> 11124471 |
R Grassi1, R di Mizio, S Romano, S Cappabianca, W del Vecchio, S Severini.
Abstract
The small bowel angiodysplasia is a rare entity that causes lower intestinal bleeding; the diagnosis is difficult and based on selective angiogram. In our case, an 85-year-old woman was hospitalized after frequent episodes of melena. We performed an enema-helical CT abdominal examination before and after contrast medium administration per venam, detecting some increased intensity areas that surgery confirmed to be a vascular dysplasia on the jejunal first loop. We found the source of hemorrhage without performing an angiographic examination.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11124471 DOI: 10.1016/s0899-7071(00)00162-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Imaging ISSN: 0899-7071 Impact factor: 1.605