D a t a s o u r c e s Published and unpublished studies were identified by searching MEDLINE and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (last searched August 2001) with combinations and various forms of the terms somatostatin, octreotide, variceal, varices, bleed, hemorrhage, esophag, hematemesis, and melena; reviewing abstracts of conference proceedings and bibliographies of relevant studies;...

Despite biliary drainage, she had significant cholestasis, ascites, malnutrition, and transient melena. Subsequently she was evaluated for a liver transplantation. A chest X-ray and an abdominal CT scan were obtained with an incidental finding of healing right sixth and seventh lateral rib fractures with callus formation and healing left seventh lateral rib fracture with callus formation (Figur...

Angiodysplasia describes abnormal vascular malformations found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, especially in the cecum and right colon. These malformations are prone to bleed and may be responsible for painless hematochezia, melena and concomitant anemia. Diagnosis can be made by direct visualization during endoscopy or angiography. Treatment consists of endoscopic interventions, including ...

The exploration of the human microbiome was recently revolutionized by microbial culturomics and taxonogenomics. Thanks to this approach, we report here the main characteristics of Romboutsia timonensis strain Marseille-P326, a new bacterium isolated from the right human colon by colonoscopy in a 63-year-old French man with severe anaemia with melaena.