[Massive rectal hemorrhage related to an isolated diverticulum of the right colon in an young patient]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1994;18(4):375-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of a 32-year-old man admitted for massive rectal bleeding related to a solitary diverticulum of the right colon. A superior mesenteric angiogram performed in emergency indicated the site of bleeding, but the correct diagnosis was only established at the histologic examination of the right colon that was surgically resected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Colectomy
  • Diverticulum, Colon / complications*
  • Diverticulum, Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Diverticulum, Colon / surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
  • Rectum