Masswe Colonic Haemorrhage from a Solitary Caecal Varix | Zendy

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Masswe Colonic Haemorrhage from a Solitary Caecal Varix

Author(s) -

K. R. L. Shaper,

Michael Jarmulowicz,

Robert Dick,

N. D. Cuthbert,

Brian R Davidson

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

hpb surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1607-8462

pISSN - 0894-8569

DOI - 10.1155/1996/65719

Subject(s) - medicine , varix , portal hypertension , varices , laparotomy , lower gastrointestinal bleeding , caecum , gastrointestinal tract , varicose veins , gastrointestinal bleeding , gastroenterology , surgery , general surgery , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , cirrhosis , cancer

A 51 year old lady with chronic active hepatitis presented with massive lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Angiography demonstrated a solitary varix in the caecum which was found at laparotomy to be entering the bowel wall at the site of adhesion from a previous appendicectomy. The portal pressure was found to be raised. A right hemicolectomy stopped the blood loss, but she subsequently died of liver failure. Solitary colonic varices associated with adhesions are extremely rare and their optimal management has not been established.

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