Open AccessHemostasis of a bleeding inverted colonic diverticulum
Author(s) -
María Manuela Estevinho,
Rolando Pinho,
Ana Catarina Gomes,
João Correia,
Teresa Freitas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2022.9019/2022
Subject(s) - hematochezia , medicine , hemostasis , colonoscopy , diverticulum (mollusc) , emergency department , sigmoid colon , surgery , general surgery , rectum , colorectal cancer , cancer , psychiatry
The authors report a case of a 62-year-old male presenting to the emergency department with hematochezia. Urgent colonoscopy revealed numerous diverticula in the sigmoid colon, two of them inverted. Oozing bleeding from a visible vessel was identified on the top of the most distal inverted diverticulum. An over-the-scope clip was released after suction into the transparent cap and successful hemostasis was achieved.