We report the case of a 17-year-old male admitted to our academic hospital with massive rectal bleeding.Since childhood he had reported recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and had two exploratory laparotomies 5and 2 y...We report the case of a 17-year-old male admitted to our academic hospital with massive rectal bleeding.Since childhood he had reported recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and had two exploratory laparotomies 5and 2 years previously.An emergency abdominal computed tomography scan,gastroscopy and colonoscopy,performed after hemodynamic stabilization,were considered normal.High-dose intravenous proton pump inhibitor(PPI)therapy was initiated and bleeding stopped spontaneously.Two other massive rectal bleeds occurred 8 h after each cessation of PPI which led to a hemostatic laparotomy after negative gastroscopy and small bowel capsule endoscopy.This showed long tubular duplication of the right colon,with fresh blood in the duplicated colon.Obscure lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a difficult medical situation and potentially life-threatening.The presence of ulcerated ectopic gastric mucosa in the colonic duplication explains the partial efficacy of PPI therapy.Obscure gastrointestinalbleeding responding to empiric anti-acid therapy should probably evoke the diagnosis of bleeding ectopic gastric mucosa such as Meckel’s diverticulum or gastrointestinal duplication,and gastroenterologists should be aware of this potential medical situation.展开更多
The occurrence of pregnancy is relatively rare in patients with portal hypertension, and has been reported as clinical cases. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of injecting histoacryl during pregna...The occurrence of pregnancy is relatively rare in patients with portal hypertension, and has been reported as clinical cases. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of injecting histoacryl during pregnancy. The choice of treatment for varicose bleeding during pregnancy has been described in the literature based on the elastic ligature. We report the second case, to our knowledge, of treatment of bleeding gastric varices by injection of histoacryl with good maternal and fetal development.展开更多
文摘We report the case of a 17-year-old male admitted to our academic hospital with massive rectal bleeding.Since childhood he had reported recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and had two exploratory laparotomies 5and 2 years previously.An emergency abdominal computed tomography scan,gastroscopy and colonoscopy,performed after hemodynamic stabilization,were considered normal.High-dose intravenous proton pump inhibitor(PPI)therapy was initiated and bleeding stopped spontaneously.Two other massive rectal bleeds occurred 8 h after each cessation of PPI which led to a hemostatic laparotomy after negative gastroscopy and small bowel capsule endoscopy.This showed long tubular duplication of the right colon,with fresh blood in the duplicated colon.Obscure lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a difficult medical situation and potentially life-threatening.The presence of ulcerated ectopic gastric mucosa in the colonic duplication explains the partial efficacy of PPI therapy.Obscure gastrointestinalbleeding responding to empiric anti-acid therapy should probably evoke the diagnosis of bleeding ectopic gastric mucosa such as Meckel’s diverticulum or gastrointestinal duplication,and gastroenterologists should be aware of this potential medical situation.
文摘The occurrence of pregnancy is relatively rare in patients with portal hypertension, and has been reported as clinical cases. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of injecting histoacryl during pregnancy. The choice of treatment for varicose bleeding during pregnancy has been described in the literature based on the elastic ligature. We report the second case, to our knowledge, of treatment of bleeding gastric varices by injection of histoacryl with good maternal and fetal development.
