Abstract
The small bowel angiodysplasia is a rare entity that causes lower intestinal bleeding;
the diagnosis is difficult and based on selective angiogram.
In our case, an 85-year-old woman was hospitalized after frequent episodes of melena.
We performed an enema-helical CT abdominal examination before and after contrast medium
administration per venam, detecting some increased intensity areas that surgery confirmed
to be a vascular dysplasia on the jejunal first loop. We found the source of hemorrhage
without performing an angiographic examination.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
March 1,
2000
Received:
October 15,
1999
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© 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
