Arterioenteric fistula is a rare cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, yet it can potentially cause massive, life-threatening bleeding. Patients with an advanced pelvic malignancy can develop hemorrhage from an arterioenteric fistula. Selective mesenteric angiography is unable to demonstrate the source of bleeding in these patients, so evaluation of the iliac arteries is essential. We prese...

various complications of hydatid cyst have been recognized to date. we have encountered one such complication-rupture of hydatid cyst to the duodenum­ leading to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a 40 year old male, who referred with severe right upper quadrant (ruq) pain and gastrointestinal bleeding of a few hours' duration. laparotomy revealed a cyst (7 x 15 cm) in the left lobe of the...

â  the adverse effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) on the upper gastrointestinal (gi) tract and small intestine are well established. the effect of such therapy on the large intestine, so called nsaid-induced colopathy, is less well described. nsaid-induced colopathy usually involves the right colon due to a higher concentration of the drug at this site, but the rectum may...

upper gastrointestinal bleeding (ugib) is defi ned as bleeding that results from lesions located above the ligament of treitz and is a common cause for emergency hospital admissions in patients with gastrointestinal disorders. ugib also increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in patients already hospitalized for other reasons. according to epidemiological surveys of acute ugib in iran, pe...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate gastrointestinal and cardiovascular adverse event risks associated with optical colonoscopy (OC) among Medicare outpatients who received computed tomography colonography (CTC) as their initial method of colorectal evaluation. METHODS Medicare claims were compared between 6,114 outpatients ≥ 66 years who received initial CTC and 149,202 outpatients who received initial OC...

*Financial sponsoring – none Contrast barium enema is a 60-200% solution of barium sulphate, administered rectally. It is used not only in the diagnostics of colorectal diseases, but also as a therapeutic option in case of intussusception or treatment of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. The latter indication raises most controversies amongst surgeons. Opponents argue that 7080% of cases o...

Hematochezia as an acute and chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding could be caused by diverticulosis, angiodysplasia, neoplasm, perianal disorders, Meckel's diverticulum, colitis (infectious and non-infectious) intussusception, and many others. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding mostly occurs in older age. Mortality caused by acute and chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding is very high. On the...

herein, we present the case of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who simultaneously developed probable invasive aspergillosis and was diagnosed with gi mucormycosis by histopathologic examination. the patient referred to the pediatric intensive ca re unit of ege university due to clinical deterioration and severe lower gastrointestinal system bleeding. main symptoms were abdominal dist...

background: critically ill children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (picu) are at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding due to stress related mucosal injury. reducing gastric acid by acid suppressant medication is the accepted prophylaxis treatment, but there is not any definitive guideline for using prophylaxis in picu patients. the present study aimed to assess the effect of p...