The Role of Timely Angiography in Elderly Patients Presenting With Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
angiography
embolization
lower gastrointestinal tract
lower gi bleed
management
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
accepted:
26
10
2023
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
29
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. Timely diagnosis and establishing the etiology of the LGIB can guide appropriate treatment and management. Our patient is a 91-year-old female who presented to the ER with the complaint of several episodes of hematochezia that started four hours before her presentation. The patient underwent an urgent CT angiography showing active bleeding in the proximal ascending colon. She underwent a super-selective arteriogram followed by embolization of the ascending colon arterial culprit bleeding territory using two coils. Her clinical condition improved, and she had no further episodes of hematochezia. Her case highlights the importance of timely diagnosis of the underlying etiology of a patient presenting with LGIB.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38021564
doi: 10.7759/cureus.47701
pmc: PMC10674099
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e47701Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Ghazanfar et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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