Endoscopic removal of a bleeding colonic polypoid angiodysplasia : case report
| Journal | Volume 73 - 2010 |
| Issue | Fasc.3 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | A. Kobeissy, M. Mallat, F. Jamali, S. Yaghi, M. Jabbour, N. Shabb, A. Soweid |
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| (1) Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center ; (2) Surgery Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center ; (3) Pathology Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. |
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Arteriovenous malformations are common causes of lower gas- trointestinal bleeding in the elderly. Among them, angiodysplasia is one subtype that appears on endoscopy as red, flat superficial lesions, and sometimes slightly elevated. Colonic angiodysplasia is very rarely seen as a polypoid lesion. The present case describes a bleeding large polypoid colonic angiodysplasia in a 60 year-old man. It was removed endoscopically using a PolyLoop® ligature device without complications. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2010, 73, 406-408). |
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