Title
Jejunal phlebectasia as a cause of massive gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Other title
Flebectasia yeyunal como causa de hemorragia digestiva media masiva
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
NLM (Medline)
Abstract
Vascular abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract are a common cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Most of them are located within the reach of the upper endoscopy or colonoscopy, although once discarded, it forces to consider small bowel as the source of bleeding. The successful management of a gastrointestinal bleeding depends mainly on the timely location of the source of bleeding. Nevertheless this task can be difficult when the cause is not within the reach of conventional methods. We present a case of a 21 year-old men in which the diagnosis of bleeding yeyunal phlebectasia was made by the findings of the capsule endoscopy and laparoscopy.
Start page
84
End page
87
Volume
39
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85065465749
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
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