ABSTRACT
A 32-year-old male patient presenting with huge varices involving the sigmoid colon and the entire rectum down to the dentate line is described. There was no familial history of gastrointestinal bleeding. No particular aetiology was identified. Marked anaemia due to recurrent bleeding required resection of the sigmoid colon and rectum. Restoration of the intestinal continuity was performed by a coloanal anastomosis. The patient did well and bleeding has not recurred. To our knowledge, no similar case of such varices requiring extensive rectal surgery to control bleeding has been described in the literature.
Subject(s)
Anal Canal/surgery , Colon, Sigmoid/surgery , Colon/blood supply , Colon/surgery , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/surgery , Rectum/blood supply , Rectum/surgery , Varicose Veins/surgery , Adult , Anastomosis, Surgical , Colostomy , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/diagnosis , Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology , Humans , Male , Radiography , Varicose Veins/diagnostic imaging , Varicose Veins/etiologyABSTRACT
Exudative laryngopathies are represented by the nodule, the polyp and the Reinke's oedema. Their origin is found in exudative processes located in the Reinke's space. Evolution towards one or another lesion depends on the etiological factor (vocal abuse, tobacco, alcohol, acute vocal fold trauma) and can happen according three modalities: oedema, fibrosis and angiectasies development. Apparition of fibrosis inside the lesion or too important haemorrhage require microsurgical treatment in addition to the medical treatment and the speech therapy.