Open AccessSuccessful endoscopic hemostasis for gastric arterial bleeding due to invasion of malignant lymphoma
Author(s) -
Kenichi Nomura,
Shinya Yamada,
Daisuke Shimizu,
Takashi Okuda,
Yuri Kamitsuji,
Naohisa Yoshida,
Yosuke Matsumoto,
Naoki Wakabayashi,
Kazuya Mikami,
Shigeo Horiike,
Takeshi Okanoue,
Masafumi Taniwaki
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i27.4285
Subject(s) - hemostasis , medicine , lesion , chemotherapy , lymphoma , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , endoscopy , clips , gastroenterology
A 75-year-old male with malignant lymphoma (ML) accompanied with gastric lesion was treated with combination chemotherapy. The patient produced tarry stool on the 4th d, and emergency gastroscopy showed arterial bleeding from the lesion. Hemostasis was achieved by injecting pure ethanol and using hemostatic clips. There is only one previous report on endoscopic hemostasis being effective for bleeding due to lymphoma. Since gastric bleeding causes significant mortality, endoscopic hemostasis should be considered as first-line treatment for ML patients who were treated with chemotherapy.