A Baffling Case of Recurrent Hematochezia

Gastroenterology. 2021 May;160(6):e10-e11. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.09.050. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

Authors

Trisha S Pasricha¹, Fateh Bazerbachi², Braden Kuo²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 33039471
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.09.050

No abstract available

Keywords: Hematochezia; Intestinal Phlebectasia; Octreotide; Vascular Ectasia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiography
Capsule Endoscopy
Colon / blood supply*
Gastrointestinal Agents / therapeutic use
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Intestine, Small / blood supply*
Male
Octreotide / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Varicose Veins / complications*
Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Varicose Veins / drug therapy

Substances

Gastrointestinal Agents
Octreotide