[A case of transcatheter arterial embolization for reduction of a hemorrhagic rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2015 Jun;112(6):1046-53. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.112.1046.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 91-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a primary complaint of hematochezia. A rectal submucosal tumor and an acute hemorrhagic rectal ulcer were noted on colonoscopy. After hemostasis was achieved with APC, the patient was diagnosed with a GIST by EUS-FNA. We performed TAE of the middle and inferior rectal artery to secure hemostasis, because these arteries were also observed to be bleeding during hospitalization. A CT scan and colonoscopy revealed that the rectal GIST had reduced and that the acute rectal ulcer had been successfully treated. We report a case in which TAE was used to achieve tumor reduction of a hemorrhagic rectal GIST.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / therapy*
  • Humans