An Unusual Endoscopic Image of a Submucosal Angiodysplasia
Joint Authors
Bernardes, António
Cipriano, Maria Augusta
Almeida, Nuno
Gouveia, Hermano
Sofia, Carlos
Amaro, Pedro
Romãozinho, J. M.
Carvalho, Rita
Ferreira, Manuela
Source
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is responsible for 2–10% of the cases of digestive bleeding.
Angiodysplasia is the most common cause.
The authors report a case of a 70-year-old female patient admitted to our Gastrointestinal Intensive Care Unit with a significant digestive bleeding.
Standard upper and lower endoscopy showed no abnormalities, and we decided to perform a capsule enteroscopy that revealed a submucosal nodule with active bleeding in the jejunum.
An intraoperative enteroscopy confirmed the presence of a small submucosal lesion with a central ulceration, and subsequently a segmental enterectomy was performed.
Surprisingly, the histopathological diagnosis was angiodysplasia.
The patient remains well after a two-year period of follow-up.
We present this case of obscure/overt gastrointestinal bleeding to emphasize the role of capsule and intraoperative enteroscopy in the evaluation of these situations, and because of the unusual endoscopic appearance of the angiodysplasia responsible for the hemorrhage.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carvalho, Rita& Almeida, Nuno& Ferreira, Manuela& Amaro, Pedro& Bernardes, António& Cipriano, Maria Augusta…[et al.]. 2012. An Unusual Endoscopic Image of a Submucosal Angiodysplasia. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carvalho, Rita…[et al.]. An Unusual Endoscopic Image of a Submucosal Angiodysplasia. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Carvalho, Rita& Almeida, Nuno& Ferreira, Manuela& Amaro, Pedro& Bernardes, António& Cipriano, Maria Augusta…[et al.]. An Unusual Endoscopic Image of a Submucosal Angiodysplasia. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452849
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-452849