Life-threatening gastrointestinal system bleeding in Hodgkin disease: multidetector CT findings and review of the literature

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2007 Jun;13(2):87-9.

Abstract

Acute lower gastrointestinal system (GIS) bleeding is a life-threatening condition. Immediate determination of the origin of the bleeding is crucial, since hemostatic management must be initiated as rapidly as possible. Colonoscopy, radionuclide studies, and conventional angiography are considered the most important methods for assessing the origin of the bleeding. There are few published reports about the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) in acute GIS bleeding. We present multidetector CT (MDCT) findings in a case of Hodgkin disease status one month post-chemotherapy (CHOP protocol; cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) that presented with acute lower GIS bleeding.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / diagnostic imaging*
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications*
  • Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Ileal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ileal Diseases / etiology
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed