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- Title
Superselective Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in the Treatment of Angiodysplasia.
- Authors
Leite, Túlio Fabiano de Oliveira; Pereira, Osvaldo Ignacio
- Abstract
Acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a frequent condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Angiodysplasia is a common cause of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract in the elderly. This case report discusses about a 75-year-old woman clinically stable with melena for 2 years due to arteriovenous fistula of upper mesenteric artery branches without adequate clinical and therapeutic treatment. The goal of this article is to report the safety and efficacy of superselective transcatheter arterial embolization with coils in treating lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by angiodysplasia that was unresponsive to internal medicine treatment and enteroscopy management.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage treatment; ANGIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR diseases; ENDOVASCULAR surgery; ARTERIOVENOUS fistula; INTERNAL medicine; THERAPEUTIC embolization; TREATMENT effectiveness; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2019, Vol 12, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1179-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179547619842581