Severe acute bleeding from portal colopathy controlled by somatostatin: a case report.
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ABSTRACT
Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a recently described entity in patients with portal hypertension which can cause even life-threatening lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In contrast to variceal bleed, there is no standardized treatment for the control of bleeding from these lesions. We report a case of alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, in whom bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia-like lesions was effectively controlled by somatostatin infusion.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Male
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Somatostatin
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Acute Disease
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Colonic Diseases
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Hypertension, Portal
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Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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